PEARS. 34)1 



meter. Eye small with a short calyx, placed in a very 

 shallow, plaited basin. Stalk an inch, strong, inserted 

 without any cavity. Skin smooth, thin, of a greenish 

 yellow, with but little more colour when exposed to the 

 sun. Flesh melting, with a rich musky juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the 

 Quince. 



This is a very good Pear, and, it is said, had its name 

 given it by Louis XIV. 



19. GREAT BLANQUETTE. Miller, No. 10. 

 Grosse Blanquette. Duhamel, No. 13. 

 Roi Louis. Bon Jard. 1827. P- 305, 



Fruit below the middle size, of a roundish turbinate 

 figure, about two inches and a quarter long, and one 

 inch and three quarters in diameter. Eye rather large 

 and open. Stalk an inch long, stout. Skin smooth, 

 yellow, and tinged with red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 melting and full of a rich sugary juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of August. 



This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the Quince. 



20. JARGONELLE. Langley, t. 61. fig. 3. ; and of 

 most English writers, but not of Miller. Pom. Mag. 

 t. 108. 



Epargne. Duhamel, No* 17- t. 7* 



Beau Present. Ib. 



Saint Sampson. Ib. 



Grosse Cuisse Madame. Jard. Fruit, t. 27. 



Saint Lambert, "1 ,. , 7 ^ , ~ , 



, ^ . , , of the French Gardens, 

 Poire des Tables des f ^ ,. . ., ^ ,, 



according to the Pom. Mas:. 

 Princes, J 



Fruit large, oblong, somewhat pyramidal, from three 

 inches and a half to four inches long, and from two 

 inches and a half to three inches in diameter. Eye open, 

 with long segments of the calyx. Stalk two inches 

 long, somewhat obliquely inserted. Skin greenish 



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