340 PEARS. 



Muscat verd. Miller, No. 17- Duhamel, No. 44. 

 1. 18. 



Poire de Sillerie. Knoop. Pom. p. 135. 



Verdasse. Ib. 



Fruit small, of a roundish turbinate figure, two inches 

 and a half long, and one inch and three-quarters in dia- 

 meter. Eye open in a slightly plaited basin. Stalk half 

 an inch long, thick, inserted in a hollow cavity. Skin 

 yellowish green, and marked with red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh crisp and tender, with a sugary, perfumed, 

 musky juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This succeeds equally well on both the Pear and the 

 Quince. 



17. CUISSE MADAME. Duhamel, No. 11. t. 5. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of a longish pyramidal turbinate 



figure, widest at the crown, and compressed between 

 the middle and the stalk, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, and two inches in diameter. Eye small, 

 opens with a rounded calyx, seated in a slight depression, 

 nearly flat. Stalk one inch and a half long, straight, 

 somewhat obliquely inserted without any cavity. Skin 

 smooth and shining all round, of a yellowish green 

 colour on the shaded side, but of a reddish brown 

 when exposed to the sun. Flesh half buttery, with 

 abundance of sugary, perfumed, slightly musky juice. 

 Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 

 This grows strong on the Pear, but ill on the QuinceA 

 The wood of the Cuisse Madame is long, straight, 

 rather slender, and of a reddish or brownish red colour, 

 totally different from that of the Windsor Pear, and dif- 

 fering also from that of our Jargonelle. 



18. EPINE D'E'TE. Duhamel, No. 62. t. 30. 

 Fondante Musquee. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal figure, somewhat 

 like a small Jargonelle, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, and one inch and three quarters in dia- 



