536 THE PEAR. 



uneven. Flesh greenish-white, exceedingly juicy, buttery, melt- 

 ing with a rich vinous flavour, highly perfumed. October. 



Poire d'Abondance. Duh. 

 Fruit above medium. Form oblong-pyriforra. Neck thick. 

 Colour pale yellow, with numerous lusset dots, mottled and in- 

 termingled with vermilion, and red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 melting and juicy, with a sweet delicious flavour. Ripe middle 

 of October. (Wilder in Hort.) 



Poire Rousselon. (Berckman's.) 

 Rousselon. 

 Tree of medium vigor, grows well as a pyramid. Fruit me- 

 dium, shaped like a Doyenne. Skin citron-yellow at maturity, 

 dotted with rus>et, and highly coloured on the side of the sun. 

 Flesh fine, half melting, sufiicieiitly juicy, sugary, vinous, with 

 an agreeable perfume. Febiuary. (iVn. Pom.) 



Poire des Chasseurs. Van Mons. 



A seedling of Van Mons. Fruit medium, pyriform, some- 

 times depressed. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with minute 

 dots, and a few patches of russet. Stalk long, enlarged at its 

 junction, w^ithout depression. Calyx small, basin shallow. 

 Flesh buttery, juicy, slightly granular, with a highly perfumed 

 flavour, resembling Brown Beurre. October. 



Poire d'Avril. 



Tree a vigorous grower, both on pear and quince, very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit large, roundish, angular, obtusely conic. Skin green- 

 ish-yellow, slightly shaded and somewhat spotted with russet, 

 and thickly covered with russet dots. Stalk long and curved, 

 inserted usually in a depression. Calyx closed, basin deep, and 

 irregular. Flesh whitish, compact, coarse, granular, juicy, half- 

 melting, sweet and agreeable ; a good baking pear, with some 

 promise for the dessert. November to February. 



Poire de Lepine. 

 De Lepine. Delepine. 



Tree of moderate growth, very productive. 



Fruit small, angular, oblate. Skin yellowish, shaded with 

 crimson, slightly russeted. Stalk long, greatly enlarged at its 

 junction to both fruit and branch; cavity broad and shallow. 

 Calyx small, open in a corrugated basin of little depth. Flesh 

 coarse, granular, melting, juicy, with a brisk, vinous, perfumed 

 flavour. November, December. 



