THE PEAK. 



495 



Due de Brabant. 



DUMORTIER. Thomp. Nois. 



A very excellent little Belgian pear, often remarkably high 

 flavoured. Fruit nearly of medium size, obovate. Skin dull 

 yellow marked with russet patches and dots. Stalk nearly two 

 inches long, slender, planted without depression. Calyx small, 

 open, set in a slight basin. Flesh greenish-white, juicy, melting, 

 exceedingly sugary and rich, with a highly perfumed aromatic 

 flavour. It keeps but a short time. September. 



DUPUY CHARLES. Berkmans. 

 Tree vigorous and fertile, forms a pyramid. 



