70 FEARS. 



milled lo ihe London Horlicullural Sociely by M. Thouin, of 

 Paris, under ihe lille of De Huchel, which il appears by iheir 

 sialemenl does not properly belong lo il. The following re- 

 marks I copy from ihe same work. 



" II is clear lhal ihis pear is unlike any kind cullivaled in 

 this counlry, (England) ; aboul ihe period when il ripens we 

 have none lhal are half as good. Il is a mosl excellenl variety 

 of its season, and well worih growing. Il ripens in ihe end 

 of Augusl and beginning of September, and bears mosl abun- 

 danlly as an open slandard. 



" Wood slrong, yellowish green on the shade side, chesnut 

 coloured next the sun, sprinkled with whilish spot>; leaves 

 moderately large, broadly ovate, tapering to the point, with 

 sharp serratures, scarcely downy on either side ; petioles about 

 an inch long, stipules long and clear ; flowers very large, with 

 roundish petals ; fruit middle-sized, roundish, flatlened, de- 

 pressed at the eye, towards which end of the fruit it is slightly 

 angular ; stalk about an inch and a quarter long, moderately 

 thick, inserled in a shallow cavity ; skin green, wilh a linge of 

 yellow when fil for use, wilh a few fainl slreaks of brownish 

 red on ihe sunny side ; flesh yellowish white, very juicy? a little 

 crisp and gritty, but very rich and sugary. 



FRENCH iUTUMN BERGAMOT. PR. CAT. 



Bergamottf d'<>utomne. Roz. Duh. 

 Autumn Bergamot. 



This pear is of a very depressed turbinale form, being 

 thirty-three to thirty-six lines in diameter, and twenty-seven to 

 twenty-nine lines in heighl in some cases however, il ap- 

 proaches a pyramidal shape, ils diameler b,;ing then about the 

 same as its height ; the stem is short, being bul six lines in 

 length, inserted in a slight cavity ; the eye is exactly even with 

 the extremity of the fruit ; the skin is smooth, light green, ac- 

 quiring a litile yellow al perfecl malurily, and assuming some- 

 times next the sun a slight tint of brownish red -it is besides 



