384 PEARS. 



mixed with small russetty specks. Flesh soft and melt- 

 ing, with a very rich musky saccharine juice. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, 

 and will keep only a few weeks in perfection. 



The Swan's Egg Pear is known to every gardener 

 and dealer in fruit in every county in England ; its 

 great certainty in bearing, and the excellence of its 

 fruit, render it an universal favourite. The tree is 

 readily distinguished in the orchard from almost every 

 sort, by its upright and spire-like growth. 



103. URBANISTE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 411. 



Fruit pyramidally ovate, very even in form, but com- 

 pressed towards the stalk ; about three inches and a 

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

 Eye a little sunk in a very narrow crown. Stalk an 

 inch long, obliquely inserted in a moderately deep 

 cavity. Skin pale green, inclining to yellow, profusely 

 sprinkled with greenish specks, with small patches of 

 grey russet dispersed over its whole surface, but more 

 particularly round the eye and the stalk. Flesh white 

 towards the outside, but deepens to a reddish yellow 

 next the core, which is large, and possesses a small 

 quantity of grit ; it is, nevertheless, quite melting, 

 juicy, and very sweet, with a little perfume. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of Oc- 

 tober. 



Raised by the Count de Coloma, of Malines ; and 

 specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the Horticu^l- 

 tural Society from that gentleman in 1823. 



104. VERTE LONGUE. Miller, No. 36. Duhamel, 

 No. ?3. 



Mouille-bouche. Ib. 



Muscat-fleure. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 311. 



Fruit pretty large, of a long pyramidal figure, about 

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

 in diameter. Eye small, with an open calyx, pro- 



