500 THE PEAR. 



FONDANTE DBS PEES. Van Mons. 



A seedling of Van Mons'. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining 

 to pyriform. Stem of middling length, inserted in a corrugated 

 cavity. Skin lemon yellow at maturity, with a few traces of 

 russet, and a little red next the sun. Flesh white, melting, 

 juicy. Flavour sweet and agreeable, with considerable aroma. 

 October. (Wilder's Kept.) 



FORELLE. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 



Forellen-birne. Poire Truite. Trout Pear. 

 CoraiL Petit Corail. 



This exquisitely beautiful German pear called in that lan- 

 guage Forellen-birne, i. e., trout pear, from its finely speckled 

 appearance, is one of the most attractive dessert fruits. It 

 requires a warm soil and exposure, and well deserves to be 

 trained as an espalier. Young shoots long, with few and dark 

 coloured branches. 



Fruit oblong-ovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin smooth, at 

 first green, but when fully ripe, lemon yellow, washed with rich 

 deep red on the sunny side, where it is marked with large, 

 margined, crimson specks. Stalk about an inch long, rather 

 slender, slightly curved, rather obliquely planted, in a shallow, 

 uneven cavity. Calyx rather small, basin abruptly sunk. Flesh 

 white, fine grained, buttery, melting, with rich, slightly vinous 

 iuice. Beginning of November, and may be kept, with care, tiU 

 Christmas. 



FLEUR DE NEIGE. Van Mons. 

 Snow Flower. 



Fruit medium or above, tapering by a mamelon protuberance 

 to its junction with the stem which meets it by a fleshy enlarge- 

 ment. Calyx small, partially closed, in a small, shallow basin. 

 Surface very uneven. Colour yellowish green, mottled with 

 thin russet. Flesh somewhat granular and coarse, but sweet and 

 high flavoured. Ripens middle of October. 



FLORIMOND PARENT. Bivort. 



One of Van Mons' seedlings. Tree of moderate vigour and 

 fertility. 



Fruit very large, pyramidal, swelled towards its centre. Skin 

 green, pointed and striped with brown russet ; becomes deep 

 yellow at maturity. Flesh coarse, melting, juicy, sugary, and 

 agreeably perfumed. Ripe at the end of September. (Al. Pom.) 



