582 THE PEAR. 



turbinate, angular. Skin yellowish, considerably shaded with 

 crimson,thickly sprinkled with crimson dots. Stalk long. Calyx 

 open ; broad, shallow, uneven basin. Flesh breaking, a little 

 coarse, sweet, and aromatic ; rots at the core unless gathered 

 arly. Last of August. 



SUCRE VERT. Thomp. Brivort. 

 Green Sugar. 



Fruit medium or small, oblate, inclining to turbinate. Skin 

 green. Stalk medium, fleshy at its insertion in a very slight 

 cavity ; basin shallow. Flesh juicy, melting, sweet, and plea- 

 sant. October. 



SUGAR TOP. Thomp. 



July Pear. Prince's Sugar. 

 Prince's Sugar Top. 



Fruit roundish-top-shaped. Skin smooth, yellow. Flesh 

 white, somewhat juicy and breaking, sweet, but with little fla- 

 vour. Last of July. 



SuCREE DE HOYERSWERDA. Thomp. 

 Sugar of Hoyersworda. 



A pleasant German pear, of peculiar flavour, good when 

 ripened in the, house. It bears immense crops. Fruit small, 

 obovate. Skin pale yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with 

 greenish-russet dots. 



Flesh white, quite juicy, with a sweet and piquant flavour. 

 It does not keep long. Last of August. 



SUMMER ST. GERMAIN. Thomp. 



Short's Saint Germain. Saint Germain de Martin. 



St. Germain d'^te. N. Duh. 



A pleasant, juicy, summer pear, of second rate flavour, bear- 

 ing large crops. 



Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin pale green all over the 

 surface. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, obliquely inserted. 

 Calyx large, in a basin scarcely sunken. Flesh juicy, tender, 

 with a very slight acid. Last of August. 



SUMMER FRANC REAL. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



Franc Real d'HJte. Lid. Gros Micet d'te\ 



Fondante. Knoop. Green Chisel? 



Green Sugar. 



Fruit of medirm size, obovate, but largest in the middle, and 

 tapering each \\ ay. Skin pale yellowish-green, dotted with 



