376 PEARS. 



two inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter. 

 Eye small, with a very short acute calyx, placed in a 

 rather shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, obliquely in- 

 serted. Skin yellowish, very- much freckled. Flesh 

 nearly white, with a very pleasant and agreeable juice. 



Ripe the end of October, and will keep a few weeks 

 only. 



It is uncertain where this Pear originated. It is now 

 extensively cultivated by the Scotch nurserymen ; and 

 for its early bearing, and abundant produce, it is by them 

 highly esteemed. 

 87 HENRY THE FOURTH. 



Henri Quatre. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 324. 

 Fruit below the middle size, pyramidal, and somewhat 

 oblique at the crown, about three inches long, and two 

 inches and a quarter broad. Eye small, open, with a 

 short slender calyx, slightly sunk in a narrow, shallow, 

 oblique depression. Stalk an inch long, crooked, curved, 

 obliquely inserted under a small elongated lip. Skin 

 pale yellow, mixed with green ; on the sunny side of an 

 orange-brown, and full of small, grey, russetty specks, 

 which are the more numerous as they approach the 

 crown. Flesh pale yellow, a little gritty, but very ten- 

 der and melting. Juice abundant, highly saccharine, 

 with a slight musky perfume. 



Ripe the end of September, and will keep a few weeks 

 only. 



This is a very excellent dessert Pear, and is grown ii^ 

 the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick upon an open 

 standard. 



88. INCOMMUNICABLE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 340. 

 L* Incommunicable. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. App. ii. p. 6. 

 Fruit above the middle size, pyramidal, and com- 

 pressed towards the stalk, about three inches and a half 

 long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, 

 closed by a very short slender calyx, and placed in a very 



