THE PEAR. 516 



Jargonelle, because it is most commonly received under 

 that name from France, is a higher coloured and handsomer 

 fruit than the English Jargonelle, though much inferior in qua- 

 lity, and, in fact, lasts only a day or two in perfection, and is 

 often mealy and over-ripe, while the exterior is fair and tempting. 

 The tree is of veiy strong, upright growth. Fruit of medium 

 size, obovate in form. Skin shining, light green, becoming 

 lemon colour, with a very rich, deep red cheek. Flesh white, 

 coarse, breaking, sweet, and soon rots at the core. Ripens the 

 last of July and first of August. 



JEAN DE WITTE. Van Mons. 



Fruit medium, oblate, depressed, remotely pyriform, angular, 

 and oblique. Skin yellowish-green, dotted, sprinkled, and netted 

 with russet, and slightly shaded with fawn or crimson in the 

 sun. Flesh white, a little coarse, juicy, melting, with a vinous, 

 somewhat peculiarly perfumed flavour. November, December. 



JERSEY GRATIOLI. 

 Gracioli of Jersey. 



Tree moderately vigorous and productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, obconic. Skin rough, greenish, covered 

 with russet patches and dots. Stalk large, of medium length, 

 inserted at an inclination in a very slight cavity. Calyx set in 

 a moderately open, uneven basin. Flesh juicy, nearly melting, 

 with a brisk, rich, vinous flavour ; very little gritty at the core. 

 Strongly resembles Gansel's Bergamot in appearance and flavour, 

 but more delicate. September, October. 



JOHONNOT. Man. 



Originated in the garden of George S. Johonnot, Esq., of 

 Salem, Mass. 



The* fruit is of medium size, of a roundish and peculiar 

 irregular form. Skin very thin, dull yellowish. Stalk short 

 and thick, planted by the side of a swollen protuberance. The 

 flesh is melting, buttery, and very good. The tree is not very 

 vigorous, but it bears good crops, and is in perfection from the 

 middle of September to the middle of October. 



JONES' SEEDLING. 



Origin Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. 



Fruit medium or below, pyriform, broad at calyx, tapering to 

 the stem, which meets it by a fleshy junction. Skin yellow, 

 shaded with russet ; bright cinnamon on the sunny side. Calyx 

 open, in a broad, shallow, uneven basin. Flesh coarse, granular, 

 buttery, sugary, brisk, and vinous, ' October. 



