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

 small, with a connivent calyx, prominently placed on the 

 summit. Stalk an inch long, slender, convexly in- 

 serted without any cavity. Skin yellowish green, full 

 of small green specks, becoming yellow when fully ripe, 

 and tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh white, 

 soft, with a little grit at the core, and a sugary astrin- 

 gent juice. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



I have not quoted any synonymes of this Pear from 

 foreign authors, not being able to satisfy myself of their 

 identity with it: DUHAMEL'S figure of Cuisse Madame 

 is pyramidally turbinate, evidently a different fruit. 



The wood of the Windsor Pear is very stout, never 

 producing laterals, perfectly erect, so much so as to be 

 readily distinguished in the nursery from every other 

 sort. The tree is by no means a hardy one, being very 

 liable to canker, especially when planted either on 

 gravelly or cold wet soils. 



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Y t r Of the Dutch Gardens. 



Fruit rather small, turbinate, about two inches long, 

 and one inch and three quarters in diameter, generally 

 a little flattened on the opposite sides. Eye small, 

 opens with a very short calyx, seated in a rather shallow 

 uneven basin. Stalk an inch long, rather slender, ob- 

 liquely inserted, without any cavity. Skin of a very 

 thick russetty brown, thickly covered with round grey 

 specks, and generally a little coloured when exposed to 

 the sun. Flesh breaking and tender, with a very sugary, 

 rich, and highly perfumed juice. 



Ripe the middle and end of September. 



The trees of this very valuable variety grow large, 

 and the branches are drooping like those of the Jargo- 

 nelle, but much more slender and numerous. A very 

 hardy bearer, brought from Holland by the late Thomas 



