374 PEARS. 



Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, 

 compressed between the middle and the stalk ; about 

 two inches and three quarters long, and two inches and 

 a quarter in diameter. Eye rather large, seated in a 

 shallow plaited basin. Stalk an inch long, strong, bent, 

 and obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Skin smooth, 

 of a clear yellow or citron colour, but of a bright red 

 on the sunny side. Flesh melting, with a sugary 

 perfumed juice. 



Ripe the end of October and beginning of November. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



84. GENDESEIM. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 287. 

 Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, a little uneven in its 



outline, about three inches and a quarter deep, and two 

 inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, rather open, 

 in a narrow, shallow depression. Stalk an inch long, 

 crooked, diagonally inserted, under a large, curved, 

 elongated lip. Skin yellowish green, full of grey specks, 

 and slightly covered with thin patches of grey russet. 

 Flesh a little gritty, but mellow, and full of a saccharine, 

 rich, and slightly musky juice. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of Oc- 

 tober. 



This is another of the new Flemish Pears, which is 

 grown in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon 

 an open standard. 



85. GREEN SUGAR. Miller, No. 42. 



Sucre-vert. Duhamel, No. 68. t. 34. 



Fruit middle-sized, somewhat oblong, but very regu- 

 larly formed, a little in the manner of a Bergamotte, but 

 narrower towards the stalk, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, and two inches and a half in diameter. 

 Eye small, open, with a diverging calyx, in a very slight, 

 narrow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 strong, slightly inserted in a small uneven cavity. Skin 

 smooth, very green, which continues till it is ripe. Flesh 



