THE PEAR. 



497 



Emile dHeyst 



Emily Bivort. 



Dedicated by Bouvier to the daughter of the distinguished 

 Belgian Pomologist A. Bivort. 



Tree of slow growth, but very hardy, with reddish or lio-ht 

 brown, upright, stout, short shoots. * 



Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, very much depressed. 

 Skin deep orange-yellow, much covered with russet. Stalk 

 short and fleshy, inserted in a rather deep cavity, surrounded by 

 protuberances. Calyx small, set in a deep well formed basin. 

 Flesh yellowish, buttery, melting, abounding in rich sugary 

 vinous juice, with a peculiar flavour, somewhat resembling 



