PEARS. 391 



specks. Flesh white, crisp, witli a sugary, highly 

 flavoured, musky juice. 



In eating in February, and will keep till April. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



SECT. VI Pointer Conical-fruited. 



117- ANGELIQUE DE BORDEAUX. Z>uhamel,No.88. 

 t.47. f.5. 



Poire Angelique. Miller, No. 77- 



Saint Martial. Ib. 



Saint Marcel. Bon Jard. 1827, p. 311. 



Gros Franc-real. Ib. 



Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, 

 somewhat like a Bon-chretien, about three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two inches and three quarters in 

 diameter. Eye small, placed in a narrow and rather deep 

 hollow. Stalk one inch and a half long, strong, crooked, 

 inserted in an oblique but not deep cavity. Skin smooth 

 and yellowish, but on the sunny side it is of a faint purple 

 colour. Flesh tender and buttery, with a sugary juice. 



In eating from February till ApriL 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince, but not 

 so well on the latter stock. 



This Pear was introduced into this country about the 

 year 1700, and first planted by the Duke of Montague 

 at Ditton ; it requires to be grown against a south or 

 south-east wall. 



118. ANGELIQUE DE ROME. Duhamel, No. 108. 

 Jard. Fruit, t. 42. 



Fruit middle-sized, a little more long than broad, 

 being about two inches and a half long, and two inches 

 and a quarter in diameter. Eye very small, placed in a 

 narrow shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a very small cavity. Skin rough, pale yellow 



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