370 PEARS. 



sprinkled with numerous scabrous specks. Flesh white, 

 gritty, but melting, with a saccharine, slightly musky, 

 and somewhat astringent juice. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of Oc- 

 tober. 



This is another of the new Flemish Pears, grown in 

 the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open 

 standard. 



76. DELICES D'ARDENPONT. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 217. 



Fruit above the middle size, oblong pyramidal, en- 

 larged beyond the middle, and compressed towards the 

 stalk, with an uneven and somewhat knobby surface, 

 about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches 

 and a half in diameter. Eye small, with a short con- 

 verging calyx, in a narrow shallow depression, sur- 

 rounded by a few slight obtusely knobby plaits. Stalk 

 an inch long, rather thick, curved, inserted in a rather 

 oblique narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow, full of small 

 grey russetty dots, and partially covered with a thin 

 cinnamon-coloured russet. Flesh yellowish white, rather 

 gritty, but very mellow when matured, and full of a 

 sugary, slightly astringent, pleasant, somewhat musky, 

 perfumed juice. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of October. 



This is another of those very fine Pears lately intro- 

 duced from Flanders, and grown in the Horticultural 

 Society's garden at Chiswick, upon an open standard. 

 It was raised by the late Counsellor Hardenpont, of 

 Mons, by whom a number of other good Flemish Pears 

 were obtained from seed some years ago. 



77. DILLEN. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 119. 

 Gros Dillen. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 223. 



Fruit ovate, irregularly turbinate, about three inches 

 and a half long, and nearly three inches in diameter, 

 flat. Stalk short and thick. Skin yellowish green, 



