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PEARS. 377 



slight narrow depression. Stalk half an inch long, stout, 

 bent, diagonally inserted beneath a small elongated lip. 

 >'//// pale grass-green, thickly sprinkled with small grey 

 russetty specks. Flesh yellowish white, tinged near the 

 cone with a light shade of orange colour, a little gritty, but 

 melting. Juice saccharine, with a slight musky perfume. 



Ripe the middle to the end of October. 



It is difficult to conceive the origin of this singular 

 name. It has been attached to one of those newly raised 

 Flemish varieties which bear so well and so regularly in 

 the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick upon an open 

 standard. 



89. KEISER. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 360. 



Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, gradually tapering from 

 the middle to the stalk, about three inches deep, and two 

 inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, with very 

 short erect segments of the calyx, placed in a very nar- 

 row depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 thick, and woody. Skin pale green, becoming yellowish 

 green, thickly sprinkled with small grey russetty specks, 

 and russetty round the stalk. Flesh greenish white, a 

 little gritty, but melting. Juice saccharine, without any 

 peculiar flavour. 



Ripe the middle of October, and will keep some weeks. 



This is also another of those hardy Pears which bear 

 so plentifully upon an open standard, in the Horticultural 

 Garden at Chiswick. 



90. LOUIS-BONNE. Miller, No. 53. Duhqmel, 

 No. 97- t. 53. 



Fruit pretty large, somewhat pyramidal, much in the 

 manner of the Saint Germain, but more rounded at the 

 crown, and not so slender towards the stalk, about three 

 inches and a half long, and two inches and three quarters 

 in diameter. Eye small, very little sunk. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, straight, rather obliquely in- 

 serted, with a curb or embossment next the fruit. Skin 



