smooth. Colour, clear green changing to lemon yellow, 

 marbled with russet. Flesh, white, half melting, very 

 juicy and sweet, sometimes a little astringent. Eye, 

 small, open, in a shallow bossed basin. Stem, long, 

 stout and woody, on level. Growth, vigorous, straggling ; 

 fertility good. Leaf, large, oval, nearly flat, undulating, 

 almost entire. Origin, raised by Simon Bouvier, of 

 Joidoigne, in 1830, first fruited in 1843. Rather a 

 variable fruit ; in some soils it is quite good. 



TRIOMPHE DE VIENNE. Dessert, September, 

 medium, 3| by 2j, pyriform oval, uneven. Skin, 

 smooth. Flesh, nearly white, melting, very juicy and 

 of delicate flavour. Eye, open in a shallow basin. 

 Stem, ij in., surrounded by stronger russet. Growth, 

 moderate on Quince ; fertility very good. Leaf, medium 

 rounded oval, entire or faintly crenate, turns brilliant 

 crirrson red. Origin, raised by M. Collaud, gardener 

 at Montagnon, in 1864, and put into commerce by M. 

 Claude Blanchet, of Vienne, France. A valuable fruit 

 which will be appreciated by those who find Williams 

 too strongly scented. A little gritty ; it is rather weak 

 on Quince, and does best on pear for most soils. 



URBANISTE. Her. Pom., II., 48. F. des Urbanistes. 

 G. Colomas Herbst Butterbirne. (Rquery, Beurre* 

 Drapiez, Coloma, etc.) Dessert, October, medium, 2| by 

 3j, roundish oval, variable, even. Skin, smooth, almost 

 greasy. Colour, bright, yellow, dotted and marbled 

 with greyish russet. Flesh, white, fine grained, very 

 melting and buttery, very juicy and of an agreeable 

 sub-acid perfumed flavour. Eye, open in a shallow 

 basin. Stem, short and stout, often fleshy. Growth, 

 moderate at first, later becoming quite vigorous ; 

 fertility good. Leaf, oval, upfolded, nearly entire. 

 Origin, unknown. An excellent fruit not much grown 

 now. It has submitted as Leroy says, to many " sur- 

 prenant bapt ernes," and has a long list of syonyms. 

 It does well on Quince, Urbaniste Seedling is a distinct 

 variety. 



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