32 Gleanings in Old Garden Literature. 



Catalogue of the Names of Fruits known 

 about Paris," which occupies no fewer than 

 twenty-six pages. Thirty-seven varieties of 

 the peach are enumerated, and many kinds 

 of early and keeping apples, and plums, early 

 and late, among which we still notice the 

 apricot. But of pears there is an astonishing 

 proportion, parcelled out among the months 

 of the year, all of which have their share; 

 allowance must be made for sub-varieties of 

 the same species ; but the total is 3 1 5 ! One 

 of those usable in September and October is 

 the Pear Evelyn ; but the names are, in many 

 other instances, highly curious and even 

 historical. We have, for example, the Lady- 

 Dear Muscat, the Ladies-Thigh, the Two- 

 headed Pear, the Fine Gold of Orleans, the 

 Gloutes de Gap, the Pucell of Xaintonge, the 

 Father-in-Law, the Good Micat of Coyeux, 

 the Younger Brother, The Maiden's Flesh, 

 the Ciacciole of Rome, the Graccioli or 

 Cucumber Pear, the Clown of Anjou, the 

 Clown of Reatte, the Goose's Bill, Ancy (the 

 English Pear), the Toad Pear, the St. Samson 

 or Ditch Pear, the Sausage Pear, the Ugly 



