The name Cailleau is said to be derived from (a) the 

 stony concretions of the fruit, (b) the quail-like 

 spottings of the fruit. This is the Caillot Rosat of 

 France, but our English variety is quite distinct. 



SWAN'S EGG. Her. Pom., II., 34. F. Oeuf de 

 Cygne. G. Schwaner Eierbirne. Dessert, October, 

 small, 2j by 2\, round, a little conical. Skin, rough. 

 Colour, greenish yellow almost covered with thick brown 

 russet, occasionally with dull brown flush. Flesh, white, 

 rather firm, fairly juicy and a little musky. Eye, open 

 almost on surface. Stem, very long ana slender, 

 woody. Growth, slender, very upright ; fertility great. 

 Leaf, fairly large, oval, almost entire. Origin, this has 

 been known for some years, and was first described by 

 Batty Langley in 1729. 



THOMPSON'S. Her. Pom., II., 34. G. Die Thomp- 

 sons. (Van Mons, Vlesembeek.) Dessert, October to 

 November, fairly large, 3^ by 4, oval pyriform, very 

 uneven and bossed. Skin, rough. Colour, pale golden 

 yellow with much russet marbling. Flesh, white, very 

 melting and buttery, very delicious. Eye, open in a 

 fairly deep basin. vStem, short, and stout, generally 

 with a fleshy fold at insertion. Growth, upright spread- 

 ing ; fertility moderate. Leaf, narrow oval, little 

 undulating, sharply serrate, turns pale claret red. 

 Origin, raised by Van Mons and sent to England about 

 1820 without a name. Sabine, then secretary of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, named it after Robert 

 Thompson, then fruit foreman at Chiswick . This delicious 

 fruit should be in all collections and worthily com- 

 memorates the name of our greatest pomologist. It 

 does best on the pear stock. 



De Tongre : see Durondeau. 



TRIOMPHE DE JODOIGNEi Her. Pom., I., 22. 

 Dessert, December to January, large, 3| by 4, oval 

 pyriform, tapering markedly to stem, uneven. Skin, 



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