THE PEAR. 



BERGAMOTTE, GANSEL'S. P. Mag. Thomp. Lind. 



Brocas Bergamot. Coxe. Bonne Rouge. 

 Ives's Bergamot. G-urle's Beurr6. 



Staunton. Diamant. 



Gansel's Bergamotte is a well known and delicious pear, raised 

 seventy-seven years ago, from a seed of the Autumn Bergamot, 

 by the English Lieutenant-General Gansel, of Donneland Hall. 

 Though a little coarse-grained, it is, in its perfection, scarcely 

 surpassed by any other pear in its peculiarly rich, sugary fla- 

 vour, combined with great juiciness. It is stated, by some, to 

 be an unfruitful sort, and it is, in poor or cold soils, only a thin 

 bearer, but we know a very large tree near us, in a warm, rich 

 soil, which frequently bears a dozen bushels of superb fruit. 

 The mealy leaves, and spreading dark grey shoots, distinguish 

 this tree. 



Fruit large, roundish obovate, but much flattened. Skin 

 roughish brown, becoming yellowish brown at maturity, tinged 

 sometimes with a russet red cheek, and sprinkled with spots of 

 russet. Stalk short, fleshy at both ends. Cavity moderate. 

 Calyx short and small, placed in a smooth, moderate hollow. 

 Flesh white, melting, very juicy, rich, sweet and aromatic. Ri- 

 pens during all September. 



BERGAMOTTE DE MILLEPIEDS. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, resembling Belle de Brussels, 

 3kin greenish, rather dark, dotted. Flesh white, melting, juicy, 

 first rate. Ripens September. (Leroy's Cat.) 



BEURRE DE NANTES. Thomp. An. Pom. 

 Beurr6 Nantais. Beurr6 Blanc de Nantes. 



Tree vigorous, grows well on pear and quince, young wood olive, 

 inclining to brown. Fruit large, elongated-pyriform, or pyrami- 

 dal. Skin greenish-yellow, with a red cheek, and minite dots. 

 Stalk rather long and large, inserted by a lip almost without 

 cavity. Calyx large, open, basin broad and furrowed. Flesh 

 juicy, sweet, melting, and pleasantly perfumed, probably of first 

 quality. October. 



BEURRE LANGELIER. 



Tree vigorous on pear and quince, very productive. 



Fruit medium, turbinate, or obtuse-pyriform. Skin pale yel- 

 low, slightly shaded with crimson and blotched with russet, and 

 .covered with russet dots. Stalk short and fleshy, inserted often 

 by a lip in a small depression. Calyx open or partially closed, 



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