$4 PEARS. 



POIRE DE PENDANT. N. Dm. 



Pendar? Quin. | Hanging pear 1 Evcl. 



Pcndar, or Knave's i>eur. Mil. ? For. ? 



It is from the long stem by which this pear is suspended, 

 which is near two inches in length, that it obtains its title. The 

 /'itire height of the fruit is twenty-eight lines, and its breadth 

 ( AO inches, and sometimes a line more. The form is turbi- 

 nate, the skin is ash-coloured, approaching russet, and dotted 

 over with small points precisely of the latter colour ; the flesh 

 is greenish white, melting, sweet, and partially perfumed ; the 

 seeds are a blackish brown, and the fruit ripens at the end oi 

 September. 



It is very dubious whether the synonymes quoted from Mil- 

 ler and Forsyth apply to this fruit. The former quotes 

 Tourn. and no other author, and the latter copies the descrip- 

 tion from the former. I think it also doubtful whether Quin- 

 tinye and Evelyn referred to this pear they mention the time 

 of ripening to be in October. 



DONVILLE. Roz. Dm. 



This pear is of an oblong form, being thirty lines in height 

 and twenty-two in breadth it diminishes towards the eye, 

 which is situated in a small cavity, and it becomes still more 

 contracted towards the stem, which is about eight lines long 

 and inserted in a very small compressed cavity, surrounded by 

 some furrows; the skin is smooth, shining, of a lemon colour, 

 scattered over with fawn-coloured spots on the shaded side, and 

 and of a rather livclv red next the sun, with some small light 

 iirav >peck< ; the fle>h is breaking, white slightly inclining to 

 yellowish, of a somewhat acid flavour, not disagreeable how- 

 ever at the full maturity of the fruit, which takes place in the 

 month of April. The seeds are oblong, perfect, and of a 

 light brown hue. 



