melting, sweet, juicy. Eye, a little open in a very 

 shallow basin. Stem, very short, stout, fleshy, con- 

 tinued. Growth, strong upright, spreading, well spurred, 

 fertility moderate. Leaf, roundish, held up flat, very 

 shallow serrate. Origin, first mentioned by Thompson 

 in Catg. Hort. Soc., 1842. Origin undiscovered. An 

 immense fruit resembling Uvedales St. Germain, but 

 unlike that sort stewing very well. 



LA FRANCE. Dessert, October to November, small, 

 2f by 2|, roundish, very uneven. Skin, rough. Colour, 

 greenish-yellow, much covered with grey russet and 

 often a little bronzed on the sunny side. Flesh, white, 

 melting, juicy ano very perfumed in flavour. Eye, open 

 in an uneven basin. Stem, short and thick in a deep 

 irregular cavity. Growth, weak and dwarfish ; fertility 

 good. Leaf, small, oval, petiole long, little upcupped, 

 held out, entire. Origin, raised about 1864, by M. 

 Claude Blanchet, a nurseryman at Vienne, France. 

 A delicious fruit, rather too weak on Quince, best 

 double grafted. 



LAMMAS. Dessert. August, small to medium, 

 2j by 2, conical, even. Skin, smooth. Colour, pea 

 green to creamy yellow. Flesh, soft, rather mealy, 

 whitish-yellow, strong pear flavour. Eye, open, seg- 

 ments erect, in a deep basin. Stem, short, stout, 

 generally lipped. Growth, vigorous and hardy ; fer- 

 tility good. Origin, undiscovered. This is much 

 grown around London for market and makes a very 

 large tree. 



LE BRUN. Dessert, October, large 3 by 4$, long 

 calebasse, uneven. Skin, smooth. Colour, greenish, 

 yellow, a faint russet patch here and there. Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, fine grained, half melting, a little sweet 

 and perfumed. Eye, half open in a regular and even 

 basin. Stem, short and stout, generally at an angle. 

 Growth, vigorous and upright ; fertility great. Leaf, 

 rather small, pointed oval, regularly and finely serrate, 

 turns dull yellow with slight red. Origin, raised at 



