THE PEAK. 



43S 



Fruit large, obovate. Skin a little rough, the ground pale 

 yellow, but mostly covered with marblings and patches of light 

 russet, becoming reddish brown at maturity, on the sunny side. 

 Stalk rather short, from an inch to an inch and a half long, and 

 pretty deeply planted in a peculiarly narrow, round cavity. 

 Calyx short, open, placed m a small, round basin. Flesh yel- 

 lowish-white, not very fine grained, but juicy, melting, very 

 saccharine and rich, with a slightly musky flavour. Last of 

 September. 



FONDANTE D'AUTOMNE. Thomp. 

 Belle Lucrative. Seigneur d'Esperin, originally. 



Fondante d'Automne. Bergamotte 



Fondante d?Automne. 



If we were asked which are the two highest flavoured pears 

 known in this country, we should not hesitate to name the Seck- 

 el, and the Fondante d'Automne, (Autumn melting.} It is a 

 new Flemish pear, and no garden should be destitute of it. The 

 tree is of moderate growth, the young shoots long, yellowish-gray. 



Fruit medium size, obovate, narrow, but blunt at the stalk. 



