356 PEARS. 



more in diameter. Eye small, and placed in a deep 

 narrow basin, something like the eye of an apple. Stalk 

 one inch and a quarter long, crooked, slender, and in- 

 serted in an open shallow cavity. Skin greenish yellow, 

 thinly covered with a reticulated grey russet. Flesh ex-" 

 tremely tender, buttery, and full of a rich saccharine 

 juice. 



Ripe the beginning of November, and will keep till 

 Christmas. 



The Crasanne ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7> n 

 September 20. O. S., or October 1. N. S. Langley. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince; but 

 it is much better grafted upon the Pear stock. - 



M. de la Quintinie says, the Crasanne takes its name 

 from ecrase (flattened or crushed), its form generally 

 giving to the fruit the appearance of having been pressed 

 down. It is a most excellent bearer upon an east or 

 south-east wall, and one of the very best Pears of its 

 season. 



Its time of keeping in perfection may be considerably 

 lengthened, by gathering the crop at three different 

 times ; the first, a fortnight or more before it is ripe ; 

 the second, a week or ten days afterwards ; and the 

 third, when fully ripe : this last gathering will be the 

 first to be brought to table, the middle gathering the 

 next, and the first will be the last in succession. 



By this mode of proceeding, this, as well as all the 

 Autumnal Pears, may be kept several w r eeks longer ki 

 perfection, especially after hot summers, than by the 

 usual method of waiting till the crop is ripe, and then 

 gathering the whole at once. 



49- DOUBLE D'AUTOMNE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 227. 



Fruit middle-sized, in the form of a Bergamot, hand- 

 somely round, without angles, and tapering towards the 

 stalk. Eye small, open, with very slwrt segments of 

 the calyx, sunk in a handsome, round, shallow basin. 

 Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small 



