HUYSHE'S VICTORIA. Fl. and Pom., 1867, 237. 

 Dessert, December to January, medium or large, 

 pyriform, ribbed round eye. Skin, russet in veins and 

 patches. Colour, deep yellow with cinnamon russet. 

 Flesh, melting, little gritty, very rich and sweet flavour, 

 Eye, open in a very shallow basin. Stem, very short and 

 stout, obliquely inserted. Growth, rather dwarf, 

 upright, spreading ; fertility good. Leaf, much up- 

 folded, held upright, dies off scarlet-red. Origin, raised 

 by the Rev. John Huyshe, of Clyst Hydon, Exeter, in 

 1830. (Gansel's Bergamotte x Marie Louise.) A very 

 delicious pear, now seldom met with. It has many good 

 points ; its only bad one being its grittiness at the core. 



IDAHO. (Lindsey.) Dessert, November to Decem- 

 ber, large, 3j by 3, flattened round, quite apple like, 

 uneven. Skin, rough. Colour, light yellow, largely 

 marked and marbled with rough russet. Flesh, fine 

 grained, juicy, sweet, with a curious flavour not very 

 attractive. Eye closed, twisted in a deep basin. Stem, 

 very stout in a deep cavity. Growth, very vigorous ; 

 fertility good. Origin, raised at Idaho, and introduced 

 in 1889. 



Jackman's Melting : see King Edward. 



JARGONELLE. Her. Pom., I., 26. F. Epargne. 

 G. Sparbirne. (Synonyms are very numerous ; it is 

 often known as English Jargonelle.) Dessert, August, 

 medium, very long conical, even. Skin, smooth. Colour, 

 greenish yellow, with a faint brownish-red flush. Flesh, 

 pale yellow, very tender and juicy, sweet with a touch 

 of musky flavour. Eye, open in a shallow basin. Stem, 

 long and slender. Growth, straggly, long spreading 

 branches ; fertility excellent. Leaf, large, pale green, 

 little upfolded, coarsely serrate, down hanging, turns 

 lemon yellow with very faint red. Origin, known in 

 France before 1600. The French Jargonelle is quite 

 distinct and must not be confused with this. A very 

 valuable early variety, doing well as a standard, but 

 rather too straggling to form a nice pyramid. Does well 

 on a North wall, and succeeds in Scotland. 



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