PEARS. 335 



4. EARLY ROUSSELET. Nursery Catalogues. 

 Rousselet Hatif. Duhamel, No. 33. 

 Perdreau. Ib. 



Poire de Chypre. Ib. 



Fruit rather small, of a somewhat turbinate figure, 

 about two inches long, and nearly the same in diameter. 

 Eye small, and sunk in a shallow basin. Stalk one 

 inch long. Skin smooth, yellow, of a lively red with 

 several grey specks interspersed on the sunny side. 

 Flesh tender, with an agreeable sugary perfumed Juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This succeeds on the quince as well as the pear stock. 



5. FOND ANTE DE BREST. Duhamel, No. 43. 1. 17. 

 Inconnu Cheneau. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, slightly turbinate, but tapering 

 both to the stalk and the crowm, about two and a half 

 inches long, and two and a quarter inches in diameter. 

 Eye small, with a connivent calyx, seated on the nar- 

 rowed apex, without any basin. Stalk one and a half 

 inch long, slender, a little bent, inserted without any 

 cavity. Skin thin, smooth, and shining, of a bright 

 green, with a few grey specks, marbled with pale brown, 

 and shaded with red on the sunny side. Flesh white, 

 firm, and crisp, but not melting, except when past its 

 best, although it has obtained a name to this effect. 

 Juice sweet, with an agreeable flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This never succeeds well on the quince. 



6. GREEN CHISEL. Langley, t. 62. f. 2. 

 Green Chisel. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 3. 



Fruit small, nearly globular, about one inch and a 

 quarter across each way. Eye large in proportion to 

 the size of the fruit, prominently placed, with an open 

 crumpled calyx. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 straight, inserted without any cavity. Skin quite green 

 all round j but sometimes, when fully exposed, it has a 



