raised by M. Sannier, of Rouen, from a seed of Berga- 

 motte Esperen ; first fruited in 1870. Introduced in 

 1877. This is a useful late variety, the flavour being 

 more refreshing than most pears of its season. 



PRESIDENT D'OSMONVILLE. Dessert, October, 

 medium, oval tapering to stem, much bossed. Skin, 

 rough. Colour, yellow, with russet veins expecially 

 round stem. Flesh, white, melting, a little gritty, 

 flavour very good, slightly musky. Eye, closed in a 

 shallow wrinkled basin. Stem, rather long and thin. 

 Growth, very strong, rather straggling ; fertility 

 moderate. Leaf, very large, round, little undulating, 

 very boldly curved serrate, turns yellow brown, falls 

 early. Origin, obtained in 1834 by Leon Leclerc, at 

 Laval, and named after the President of the 

 Horticultural Society of Mayenne. 



PRESIDENT DROUARD. Bull d'Arb, 1886, 11. 

 Dessert, till March, medium, 3j by 4j, oblong pyriform, 

 uneven. Skin, rough. Colour, palest yellow green, 

 thickly covered with russet dots. Flesh, fine 

 grained, white, very melting, sweet, richly perfumed. 

 Eye, open in a rather deep even basin. Stem, rather 

 short, stout, and woody in a slight irregular cavity. 

 Growth, vigorous, upright ; fertility good. Leaf, oval, 

 upfolded, sharply serrate. Origin, raised by M. Olivier- 

 Perroquet, from a seed of B. Napoleon in" 1885. This 

 pear is grown for market in France. Its chief fault is 

 a slight tendency to scab. 



PRINCESS. Dessert, November to December, 

 medium, 2j by 4, long conical, even. Skin, 

 smooth, pale yellow with red brown flush, much like 

 Louise Bonne, Flesh, melting and juicy sweet and 

 refreshing. Leaf, almost exactly like Louise Bonne. 

 Growth, upright, pyramidal. Raised by Messrs. Rivers 

 from a seed of Louise Bonne. A good and free cropping 

 pear. 



Princess de Parme : see Marie Louise. 

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