Joidoigne, Belgium, in 1854. A useful fruit, keeping 

 sometimes till January. It makes a good cordon, but 

 requires a wall in the North. 



OIGNON. Culinary, October, medium, 3 by 3, 

 flattened round, inclining to Bergamotte shape. Skin, 

 rough. Colour, dull yellow, almost covered with patches 

 of rough russet . Flesh, coarse grained, breaking, suitable 

 only for cooking. Eye, large, open in a shallow basin. 

 Stem, long and woody in a deep cavity. Growth, 

 extremely vigorous ; fertility extraordinary. Leaf, 

 large, round, held flat, irregularly serrate. Origin, 

 uncertain. It is described by Andre Leroy only so 

 far as I have discovered. It may be, as he suggests, the 

 Oignon d'Ete de Bretagne, mentioned by Le Lectier 

 in 1628. This is grown for market purposes around 

 Maidstone, and is perhaps the most fertile pear grown, 

 branches breaking down through the weight of the 

 fruit. In growth and leaf it is very distinct. 



OLIVIER DE SERRES. Her. Pom., II., 40. 

 Dessert, February to April, medium, 2f by 2j, round 

 much flattened, apple-like, uneven. Skin, rough. 

 Colour, olive green, covered with rough russet. Flesh, 

 white, half melting, with a brisk musky flavour. Eye, 

 a little open in a deep basin. Stem, medium, stout, 

 woody, in a deep cavity. Growth, rather weak and 

 dwarf ; fertility irregular. Leaf, long, narrow, much 

 upfolded, neatly and markedly serrate, turns yellow- 

 brown, occasionally a little red. Origin, raised by 

 M. Boisbunel of Rouen from a seed of Forunee d'Angers, 

 first fruited in 1861. It was named after Olivier de 

 Serres the great French Agronome whose " Theatre 

 d' Agriculture " was first published in 1600 and to whose 

 birthplace Arthur Young made a pious pilgrimage. 

 One of the best of late varieties deserving a wall to bring 

 it to perfection. The illustration in the Herefordshire 

 Pomona shows the fruit too yellow in colour. It is 

 more greenish brown in reality. 



Orpheline d'Enghien : see Beurre d'Arenberg. 

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