344 PEARS. 



figured in the Pomological Magazine ; but its branches 

 are pendulous, in the Madeleine they are ascending. 



24. LONG STALKED BLANQUET. Pom. Mag. t. 41. 

 Blanquet a longue queue. Duhamel, No. 15. t. 6. f. B. 

 Fruit small, growing in clusters, inversely egg-shaped, 



about two inches long, and one inch and a half in diame- 

 ter. Eye crumpled, prominently seated on the summit. 

 Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, inserted without 

 cavity. Skin deep clear green. Flesh tender, crisp, 

 juicy, sweet, and excellent. 



Ripe near the end of July. 



This grows strong on the Pear, middling on the 

 Quince. A good early Pear, and a great bearer ; very 

 sweet, crisp, and juicy, and not rotting so soon as most 

 of the Pears of the same season. 



25. MADELEINE. Pom. Mag. t. 51. 

 Magdalene. Jard. Fruit. Vol. iii. t. 26. 



Citron des Cannes. Of the French, according to 

 the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, with a thick- 

 ening on one side of the stalk, about two inches and 

 three quarters long, and two inches and one quarter in 

 diameter. Eye slightly hollowed. Stalk an inch long, 

 slender, rather obliquely inserted. Skin yellowish green, 

 with a little light bloom upon it, and a slight tinge of 

 red when fully exposed to the sun. Flesh white, 

 melting, buttery, sweet, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the latter part of July. 



This is said to have received its name from its ripening 

 about the time of the Fete de Sainte Magdalene (22d 

 July). I have not quoted the figure of the Madeline, 

 or Citron des Cannes, of Duhamel, because it does not 

 appear to be what the French now consider the 

 Madeleine. 



26. MANSUETTE. Duhamel, No. 92. t. 58. f. 1. 

 Solitaire. Jb. 



