388 PEARS. 



Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure ; 

 three inches or more deep, and the same in diameter, 

 but broadest at the crown. Eye small, closed, and 

 sunk in a shallow basin. Stalk short, thick, inserted a 

 little obliquely in a small shallow cavity. Skin green, 

 quite round, and covered with numerous grey specks ; 

 but when matured it turns of a yellowish grey. Flesh 

 white, half buttery, with a sugary, well-flavoured juice. 



In eating from January till April or May. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



The Easter Bergamot has been a long time in this 

 country, having been planted at Hampton Court in the 

 time of Queen Elizabeth. It requires a south or south- 

 east wall, and a dry bottom ; on colder aspects it never 

 ripens perfectly. The Brocas Bergamot of M. Par- 

 mentier's list, in Hort. Trans, vol. v, is undoubtedly 

 this Pear. 



111. FRANCREAL. Miller, No. 68. 

 Franc-real. Duhamel, No. 60. 

 Fin or d'Hiver. Ib. 



Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat globular figure, a 

 little compressed at both extremities ; about three inches 

 and a half long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye 

 small, placed in a shallow narrow basin. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long. Skin yellow, very much 

 mottled with a pale russetty brown, particularly on the 

 sunny side. Flesh rather dry, and apt to be gritty. 

 Juice rather insipid, but is excellent when stewed. 



In use from January till March. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



112. GERMAN MUSCAT. Miller, No. 70. 

 Muscat d' Allemagne. Duhamel, No. 7#. t. 36, 

 Fruit pretty large, broadly turbinate, and somewhat 



compressed towards the stalk, about three inches deep, 

 and the same in diameter. Eye small, seated in a small 

 shallow basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, 



