woody in a narrow uneven cavity. Growth, weak ; 

 fertility good. Leaf, rather small, narrow oval, held 

 flat, shallow serrate or entire. Origin, raised at Malines 

 by Jean Charles Nelis, and imported into this country 

 in 1818. This is one of the most valuable winter pears. 

 It ripens slowly and successively, but is ready to be 

 eaten before the green has changed much. It is best 

 grafted on pear, and makes a nice standard. 



WINTER WINDSOR. Culinary, November, medium 

 2 J by 3, conical pyriform, even. Skin, smooth. Colour, 

 greenish yellow with light red brown flush . Flesh, white, 

 firm, tasteless. Eye, open in a very wide shallow basin. 

 Stem, i in., fleshy at insertion, continued. Growth, 

 vigorous ; fertility very good. Leaf, long oval, held 

 down, nearly flat, shallow serrate. Origin, an old English 

 variety mentioned by Parkinson. Hogg gives Petworth 

 as a synonym, but Parkinson enumerates this separately. 

 Quite worthless, as it rapioly rots at the core in November. 



ZEPHIRIN GREGOIRE. Her. Pom.. II., 38. 

 G. Zephirin Butterbirn. Dessert, November to January, 

 small, 2| by 2|, round conical. Skin smooth. Colour, 

 green fading to pale yellow green with irregular patches 

 of fine cinnamon russet and numerous small dots. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, very tender, flavour very sweet and 

 highly perfumed. Eye, rather small, open in a shallow 

 even basin. Stem, rather short, very stout and \\oody, 

 on level. Growth, very dwarf ; fertility good. Leaf, 

 rather small, round oval, upfolded, undulated, generally 

 entire, turns dark claret red. Origin, raised by M. 

 Gregoire at Joidoigne, supposedly from seeds of Passe 

 Colmar. First fruited in 1843. This valuable fruit 

 shares with Josephine de Malines the quality of keeping 

 over a long season in the fruit room and is one of the 

 most reliable of its season. It should be worked on 

 pear. 



Vh'ish & Baker, Printer!, Maidstone. 



