346 PEARS. 



Poire aux Mouches. Duhamel, No. 79. t. 41. 



Fruit pretty large, of an oval, turbinate figure, about 

 three inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. 

 Eye small, with a recurved calyx, seated in a pretty deep, 

 plaited basin. Stalk short, inserted in a narrow angular 

 cavity. Skin green on the shaded side, but of a brown- 

 ish red, with grey specks, where exposed to the sun. 

 Flesh melting, with an agreeable juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This succeeds equally on both the Pear and the 

 Quince. 



29. PRINCE'S PEAR. Miller, No. 29- 

 Chair a Dame. Duhamel, No. 41. 1. 16. 

 Cher Adame. Ib. 



Poire de Prince. Ib. 



Fruit above the middle size, somewhat round, but 

 turbinate, and bent at the neck, about two inches and a 

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

 open, wjth an acute calyx, in a shallow slightly angular 

 basin. Stalk half an inch long, strong, very obliquely 

 inserted. Skin greyish russet, turning yellow with 

 grey specks as it becomes ripe, and of a marbled red on 

 the sunny side. Flesh rather crisp, with an abundant 

 sweet highly-flavoured juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



30. RED MUSCADEL. Miller, No. 4. 



Bellissime d'E'te. Duhamel, No. 80. t. 42. % 



Supreme. Ib. 



Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, about three inches long, 

 and two inches and a half broad. Eye rather deeply 

 sunk in an obtuse-angled basin. Stalk an inch long, 

 rather slender, and somewhat obliquely inserted. Skin 

 pale yellow, slightly covered with thin russet, on the 

 sunny side of an orange or bright red. Flesh tender. 

 Juice plentiful and saccharine* 



