22 Descriptions and Engravings of New Pears. 



and very entire : the fruit is large, pyriform, though a little 

 obtuse about the stem, very regular, with an uneven and 

 somewhat knobby surface : the stem is short, curved, and 

 swollen at the base : the skin is of a pale greenish yellow, 

 scattered with numerous black and gray points, and several 



Fig. 2, Saint Jean Baplisle. 



large spots of the same color around the stem ; these spots 

 are smaller near the crown, and of a yellowish gray: the 

 flesh is white, fine, very melting and buttery : juice abundant, 

 vinous, and slightly acid : the core is always very solid, and 

 the seeds long and narrow. It ripens in October. 



