PEARS. 359 



evidently the same sort, and the name must have been 

 given to it after its having been received from this coun- 

 try. How it came to be named Brocas Bergamot does 

 not appear ; the fruit bearing this name on the Con- 

 tinent is the Easter Bergamot. It is much too tender 

 to bear as an open standard in any part of England ; 

 nor does it succeed as an espalier : it requires an east 

 or a south-east wall, where it ripens perfectly. 



53. GREEN SYLVANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 430. 



Sylvange Vert. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 585. 



Bergamotte Sylvange. Jard. Fruit, t. 33. 



Fruit middle sized, in shape somewhat like a Berga^ 

 motte. It is swoln in the middle, and irregular in its 

 outline, usually flattened towards the head ; rounded 

 towards the stalk, or terminated by a very blunt point. 

 Eye small, and lies in a slightly depressed hollow, the 

 edge of which is studded with small knobs. Stalk short, 

 slender, obliquely inserted under a slight lip. Skin 

 rough, of a bright green on the shaded side ; but where 

 exposed to the sun of a deeper green, sprinkled with 

 grey spots, and marked with almost black blotches. 

 Flesh green near the skin, white in the centre, fine, 

 soft, and melting, with a saccharine juice, of a peculiarly 

 agreeable flavour. 



Ripe in October, and will keep two months. 



This succeeds best on the Pear, not on the Quince. 



There are three sorts of Pears called Sylvanges ; the 

 yellow, the long, and the green, which derive their name 

 from a hamlet, situated about two miles west of the road 

 leading from Metz to Thionville ; of these the green is 

 the most esteemed. All the Sylvanges are rather tender 

 where they are natives ; they will, of course, require a 

 wall in this country, and a favourable aspect. 



54. GREY DOYENNE. Pom. Mag. t. 74. Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. i. p. 230. Duhamel, 84. t.4rj. Jard^ 

 Fruit. Vol. iii. p. 114. t. 41. 



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