PEARS. 



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FRENCH POUND PEAR. PH. CAT. 



Poire de livre. Duh. Mil. 



Pound pear, 



Gros Rateau gris, 



Great rake pear, I Mil. syn. 



Poire a amour, ' 



Black pear of Worcester, 



Parkinson's warden, 



This fruit from the similarity of title has been in many cases 

 supposed to be synonymous with our common Pound pear, but 

 it is widely different, as a comparison of the descriptions will in- 

 dicate. This receives its name from the circumstance that it is 

 not rare to find specimens of the fruit weighing a pound. Its 

 form, although approaching considerably that of the Catillac, 

 is nevertheless different from it, being more decidedly turbi- 

 nate ; and also because it is only rounded at one end, the other 

 being sensibly depressed. Its height is three inches five to six 

 lines, and its greatest diameter three inches eight lines those 

 of small size are four to six lines less ; the stem, which is four- 

 teen to fifteen lines in length, is inserted in a small cavity, one 

 of the sides of which is more elevated than the other ; the 

 skin is greenish, and becomes yellow at maturity, but it is 

 often so abundantly covered with grayish spots and russet 

 specks that the ground colour is only partially apparent ; the 

 flesh is firm, with a little acidity, but its flavour is not disagree- 

 able. In cooking it acquires a faint rosy tint and a sweet 

 taste, which greatly improves it ; but it is very seldom eaten 

 raw. The seeds are brown and oblong, and the fruit ripens 

 in December and the two fojlowing months. The two last 

 synonymes adopted by Miller I think want confirmation. 



TREASURE. PR. CAT. 



Poire tf amour. Quin.? N. Duh. I Trcsor, \ n n , 

 Tresor (V amour. Roz. | Amour, \ U> 



Love pear. Evel. ? 



This is one of the largest fruits of its class ; it is four inches 

 nine lines in height and much bulged about the middle, where 



