380 PEARS." 



ated, curved lip. Skin smooth, bright green, in which 

 state it remains for some time after the fruit is gathered; 

 it finally changes to a pale green, when the flesh becomes 

 very melting, with a most unusual abundance of rich 

 agreeable juice. 



Ripe the middle of November, and remains in per- 

 fection several days. 



This succeeds equally well upon the Pear and the 

 Quince. 



The Napoleon Pear is an excellent variety, raised by 

 Dr. Van Mons, at Louvain, and thence sent to this 

 country in 1816. It is a profuse bearer upon an east or 

 west wall ; it also succeeds as an open dwarf grafted upon 

 the Quince, and as a common standard. 



95. NEW BRIDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 430. 

 Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, 



about two inches and three quarters long, and two inches 

 and a half in diameter. Eye small, with a short slender 

 calyx. Crown flat, not depressed. Stalk an inch long, 

 a little obliquely inserted. Skin dull grey, covered 

 with thin grey russet, and of a light, lively, shining 

 brown on the sunny side. Flesh melting, a little 

 gritty, with a sugary juice, but without any peculiar 

 flavour. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, 

 and will not keep longer than a few weeks. 



This is another of the new hardy Pears which are 

 produced upon open standards in the Horticultural 

 Garden at Chiswick. 



96. POIRE DE LOUVAINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 381. 

 Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, uneven on its surface, 



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

 Eye small, closed with small short segments of the calyx, 

 sunk in a narrow hollow. Stalk half an inch long, 

 curved, obliquely inserted. Skin dull green, mixed 

 with yellow, full of russetty spots, and a little russetted 



