PEARS. 221 



tinged with green mottles and with faint streaks of red 

 on the exposed side. Eye open, set in a shallow de- 

 pression. Stalk an inch long, stout and fleshy, inserted 

 in a shallow cavity, which is frequently swollen on one 

 side. Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, buttery, and 

 melting, with a rich, sugary, and delicious flavour, and 

 powerful musky aroma. 



One of the finest of pears. Eipe in August and Sep- 

 tember. It should be gathered before it becomes yellow, 

 otherwise it speedily decays. The tree forms a handsome 

 pyramid, and is a good bearer. 



WINDSOR (Bell Tongue; Bellissime; Figue; Figue 

 Musquee; Green Windsor; Grosse Jargonelle; Konge; 

 Madame; Madame de France; Summer Bell; Supreme). 

 Fruit large, pyriform, rounded at the eye. Skin 

 smooth, green at first, and changing to yellow mixed 

 with green, and with a faint tinge of orange and ob- 

 scure streaks of red on the exposed side. Eye open, 

 not at all depressed. Stalk an inch and a half long, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh white, tender, 

 buttery, and melting, with a fine, brisk, vinous flavour, 

 and nice perfume. 



A fine old pear for orchard culture. Eipe in August. 

 It should be gathered before it becomes yellow. 



Winter Beurre. See Achan. 



Winter Beurre. See Chaumontel. 



WINTER BON CHRETIEN (D'Angoisse; Bon Chretien 

 d'Hiver; Bon Chretien de Tours; De St. Martin).- Fruit 

 large, obtuse-pyriform, very irregular and bossed in its 

 outline. Skin dingy yellow, with a tinge of brown next 

 the sun, and strewed with small russet dots. Eye open, 

 set in a deep basin. Stalk an inch to an inch and a half 

 long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, 

 sweet, and perfumed. 



This requires a wall, but is not worthy of such a situa- 

 tion. It is in use from December to March ; and is more 

 adapted for stewing than for the dessert. 



WINTER FRANC" EEAL (Fin Or d'Hiver ; Franc Real 

 d'Hiver; Gros Micet). Fruit medium sized, obovate, 

 uneven in its outline. Skin of a fine lemon-yellow colour, 

 with light brownish-red next the sun, thickly covered 

 with pale brown dots and markings of russet. Eye open, 

 set in a rather deep basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted 



