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PEARS. 



ance of being divided in two parts, from which circumstance 

 this pear has received the title of Deux-tetes, or Two-headed, 

 which is not however sufficiently precise, and it might better 

 have been called Dcux-yeux, or Two-eyed. The skin is 

 smooth and green, approaching to yellow on the shade side, 

 and washed with brownish red next the sun ; the flesh is white, 

 not very delicate, tolerably juicy and slightly perfumed, but 

 often a little tart. The seeds are black, and the fruit ripens 

 at Paris at the end of July. 



SUMMER ST. GERMAIN. PR. CAT. 



Saint Germain d J Ete. N. Duh. Van Mons ? 

 Jargonelle, of Provence. 



The skin of this pear is entirely of a fine lemon colour, 

 without any mixture of other shades, except some very small 

 grayish or fawn-coloured specks, which are more or less scat- 

 tered over it ; the fruit is of a very elongated pyriform shape, 

 being three inches and three or four lines in height, and twen- 

 ty-six lines in diameter ; the eye is nearly even with the extre- 

 mity of the fruit, and the stem is twelve to fifteen lines in 

 length, and has almost invariably a somewhat lateral position. 

 The flesh is melting, sweet, and perfumed, with a little acidity 

 in its flavour, which is not at all unpleasant, but assimilates its 

 whole taste very much to that of the Crasanne : the seeds are 

 brown, and the fruit matures early in August. 



In the new edition of Duhamel, where I have found this 

 pear described, it is extolled as a most excellent fruit, whose 

 culture merits to be extended to all the departments of France, 

 it being as yet but partially known and cultivated even in that 

 country. 



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 BEAUTY OF SUMMER. AUTH. 



Belle title. N. Duh. 



Bellissime tftte de Prwence. Pr. cat. 25 ed. ? 



This pear is of fine form ; it is globular for two thirds of 



