334 PEARS. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish and somewhat 

 flattened figure. Eye rather sunk. Stalk an inch 

 long, slender, and a little bent. Skin smooth, greenish 

 yellow, and full of small grey specks. Flesh tender, 

 with a rich, sugary, and perfumed juice. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



This Pear was brought from France soon after the 

 Restoration, and planted in the Royal Gardens in 

 St. James's Park. It is a very good pear, but will not 

 keep long. 



2. BERGAMOTTE ROUGE. Duhamel, No. 46. 1. 19. 

 f. 6. 



Fruit below the middle size, shortly turbinate, about 

 two inches deep, and two and a quarter inches in dia- 

 meter. Eye rather flat. Stalk half an inch long, 

 thick, and inserted in a small cavity. Skin pale yellow, 

 but of a red colour on the sunny side. Flesh soft, 

 melting, and full of a sugary and highly-flavoured juice. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



This succeeds on both the quince and the pear stock. 



3. EARLY BERGAMOT. Pom. Mag. 1. 101. 

 Fruit middle-sized, roundish, flattened, depressed at 



the eye, towards which it is slightly angular, about two 

 and a half inches long, and two and three-quarters 

 inches in diameter. Stalk one and a quarter inch long, 

 moderately thick, inserted in a shallow cavity. Skin 

 green, with a tinge of yellow when ripe, with a few 

 faint streaks of brownish red on the sunny side. Flesji 

 yellowish white, very juicy, a little crisp and gritty, but 

 very rich and sugary. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This Pear was sent into this country by the late 

 M. Thouin, to the Horticultural Society, in 1820, 

 where its present name has originated. It is a most 

 excellent variety of its season, bears abundantly as an 

 open standard, and deserves cultivation. 



