28 PEARS. 



SMALL SUMMER THORN. PR. CAT. 



Petite epine d'tte. Duh. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Fondante musquee. Roz. Duh. syn. 



Epine d^ete petite. 



Epine tfett. Roz. 



Satin vert. 



Bergiarda. Die. d'Agric. syn. 



This pear is of an exact pyramidal form, being twenty-three 

 or twenty-four lines in height and twenty-five lines in breadth ; 

 the peduncle is swollen or enlarged at the point of its junction, 

 and that part of it becomes somewhat fleshy ; the eye is nearly 

 or quite even with the surface of the fruit ; the skin even at 

 maturity, is of a light green hue and perfectly smooth, but in 

 some few cases acquires a slight tint of dull red on the sunny 

 side ; the flesh is half-melting, replete with sweet juice, which 

 also possesses a most agreeable perfume. The seeds are light 

 brown, and the fruit ripens the beginning of August. 



GREAT SUMMER THORN. ATJTH. 



Grande fyine d'ete. N. Duh. 



This fruit is three to three and a half inches in height, and 

 twenty-four to twenty-eight lines in its greatest diameter ; it is 

 rounded at the base and pointed at the summit ; the skin is 

 delicate, almost wholly a yellowish green, and scattered over 

 with numerous small dots of a deeper shade of the same colour; 

 the flesh is half-melting and of a very agreeable musk flavour ; 

 the seeds are very dark brown, and the fruit ripens at the end 

 of August or beginning of September. 



SUMMER THORN OF THOULOUSE. AUTH. 

 Epine d'Ete de Thoulouse. N. Duh. 



This pear differs from the preceding in being of a turbinate 

 form, of smaller size and more melting. It scarcely exceeds 



