PEARS. 



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SAINT.PERE. Dmr. 



Saint-Pair. Roz. syn. Duh. syn. 

 Holy Father. 



The form of this fruit is pyriform, or we may rather say 

 pyramidal ; it is three inches in height and thirty-three lines in 

 diameter ; the eye is situated within a slight depression, and 

 the stem, which ' is six to twelve lines in length, is inserted 

 within a very small cavity ; the skin, which is green before 

 maturity, becomes yellowish when that period arrives, and the 

 side next the sun acquires a tint of dull red ; the flesh is dry 

 and rather firm, but tender notwithstanding when fully ripe, 

 and of a bland flavour ; when cooked it makes excellent com- 

 potes 5 the seeds are brown and oblong, covered at the point 

 and a little above with a small membrane ; the fruit ripens in 

 March, and may be kept till in June. I have transcribed the 

 foregoing description from the New Duhamel. In the ori- 

 ginal edition of that work this pear is not stated to be as large 

 as the dimensions here given it, being there recorded as mea- 

 suring twenty-six lines in diameter and twenty-eight in height. 



PASTORALE. PR. CAT. Roz. DUH. MIL. FOB. 



Musette d'automne. Quin. ? Roz- syn. Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 

 Pastourette. Quin. ? Evel. ? 

 Bagpipe of Autumn. Evel. ? 

 Petit Rateau. 



This fruit is two inches six to eight lines in diameter, and 

 three inches four to eight lines in height ; it is of a pretty re- 

 gular pyramidal form, diminishing a little in size at the head, 

 where the eye is placed nearly even with the fruit, the part next 

 the stem is elongated and its srze lessens pretty regularly it 

 is not pointed, but rounded at the extremity, where the stem, 

 which is twelve to fourteen lines in length, is inserted even 

 with the surface of the fruit, and sometimes upon a kind of 



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