PEARS. 361 



two inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, 

 with a recurved calyx, placed on the convex part of the 

 apex. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, straight, 

 with a strong curb or embossment next its insertion in 

 the fruit. Skin smooth, of a yellowish green colour. 

 Flesh yellowish, melting, with a sugary, slightly per- 

 fumed juice. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



57. MOOR-FOWL EGG. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 416. 

 Fruit rather small, of a globular-ovate figure, abruptly 



tapering from the middle, both to the crown and the 

 stalk, about two inches and three quarters deep, and the 

 same in diameter. Eye small, open, with a short, slen- 

 der, strigose calyx, placed in a rather narrow and shallow 

 basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slightly inserted 

 by the side of a small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, 

 mixed with green, and tinged on the sunny side with a 

 lively orange-brown, interspersed with numerous minute 

 russetty spots* Flesh yellowish white, a little gritty, 

 but tender and mellow. Juice sugary, with a slight 

 perfume. 



Ripe the end of September, and will keep two or 

 three weeks. 



This is a Scotch variety, and partakes something of 

 the Swan's Egg. It is a desirable and hardy fruit. 



58. PRINCESS OF ORANGE. Pom. Mag. t. 71- 

 Princesse d'Orange. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 277 

 Fruit roundish, turbinate, about the size of a White 



Beurre, two inches and three quarters deep, and the same 

 in diameter. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a 

 shallow cavity. Skin a bright reddish-orange russet. 

 Flesh yellowish white, sugary, and rich ; it is in some 

 seasons perfectly melting, but occasionally is a little 

 gritty. 



It is in perfection in October. 



