336 PEARS. 



faint brownish tinge on the sunny side. Flesh gritty. 

 Juice a little sugary, with a slight perfume. 



Ripe the beginning to the middle of August. 



This little Pear is common throughout England. It 

 does not appear to have been noticed among the French 

 writers, and is probably of English origin. It is readily 

 known by its growing in clusters, and by the branches 

 being short, and growing erect. It is a small growing 

 tree, and bears abundantly. 



7. MUSK DRONE. Miller, No. 15. 

 Bourdon Musque. Duhamel, No. 27- 



Fruit rather small, of a roundish figure, a little 

 flattened at the crown, somewhat like an orange, about 

 one inch and a half each way. Eye rather large, placed 

 in a wide hollow basin. Stalk one inch and a quarter 

 long, straight, slender. Skin yellow. Flesh white, 

 melting, with a rich juice. 



8. MUSK ROBINE. Miller, No. 14. 

 Muscat Robert. Duhamel, No. 3. t. 2. 

 Poire a la Reine. Ib. 



Poire d'Ambre. Ib. 



Pucelle de Saintonge. Knoop. Pom. p. 137. 



La Princesse. Ib. 



Queen's Pear. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 14. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, but rounded 

 at the stalk, about two inches deep, and one inch and 

 three quarters in diameter. Eye open, with a flat 

 spreading calyx. Stalk an inch long, bent, inserted 

 without any cavity. Skin smooth, yellowish green, 

 with a few grey specks interspersed. Flesh tender, 

 between melting and breaking, with a rich musky 

 juice. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



This grows strong on the pear, middling on the 

 quince. 



