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covered with large grey dots and patches of cinnamon- 

 coloured russet. Eye small and sometimes wanting, set 

 in a deep basin. Stalk an inch to an inch and a quarter 

 long, inserted without depression. Flesh yellowish, firm, 

 very juicy, rich, and sugary, with an agreeable aroma. 



A very excellent winter pear, ripe in February. 



Inconnue la Fare. See St. Germain. 



Isambert le Bon. See Brown Beurre. 



Ive's Bergamot. See GanseVs Bergamot. 



Jackman's Melting. See King Edward's. 



Jacquin. See Henry the Fourth. 



JALOUSIE DE FONTENAY (Belle d'JEsquerme; Jalousie 

 de Fontenay Vendee}. Fruit medium sized, obtuse-pyri- 

 forrn. Skin greenish-yellow, tinged with red on the 

 exposed side, and covered with russety dots and patches. 

 Eye closed. Stalk an inch long. Flesh white, buttery, 

 melting, and richly flavoured. October and November. 



JAMINETTE (Austrasie ; Banneaux ; Belle d'Atisirasie; 

 Bergamotte d' Austrasie ; Colmar Jaminette ; Crassanne 

 d' Austrasie ; Josephine; Maroit ; Pyrole ; Sabine). 

 Fruit medium sized, turbinate. Skin pale yellowish- 

 green, thickly covered with brown dots, and marked with 

 cinnamon-coloured russet next the sun and round the 

 stalk. Eye open, set in a rather deep basin. Stalk 

 about an inch long, obliquely inserted. Flesh white, 

 very juicy and melting, sugary and vinous. 



A first-rate pear, in use from November to January. 



JARGONELLE (Beau Present; Belle Vierge ; Beurr 

 de Paris; Chopine ; Cueillette ; Epargne ; De Fosse; 

 Grosse Cuisse Madame; Mouille Bouche cVEte; Sweet 

 Summer; St. Lambert ; St. Samson; De la Table des 

 Princes). Fruit large and pyriform. Skin smooth, 

 greenish-yellow, with a tinge of dark brownish-red next 

 the sun. Eye large and open. Stalk about two inches 

 long, slender, and obliquely inserted without depression. 

 Flesh yellowish- white, tender, melting, and very juicy, 

 with a rich piquant flavour, and slight musky aroma. 



A first-rate pear, ripe in August. 



JEAN DE WITTE. Fruit medium sized, obovate. Skin 

 smooth, of a greenish-yellow colour, covered with nume- 

 rous small grey dots, and a few markings of thin cinna- 

 mon-coloured russet. Eye small and closed, rather 



