PEARS. 397 



124. COLMAR. Miller, No. 54. Duhamel,' No. 94. 

 t.50. 



Poire Manne. 7&. 



Bergamotte Tardive. Knoop. Pom. p. 134. 



Incomparable. Ib. 



Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate^ figure ; 

 about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches 

 and three quarters in diameter, Eye large, and deeply 

 hollowed. Stalk an inch long, rather thick, bent, in- 

 serted in a tolerably deep. oblique cavity. Skin smooth, 

 green, with a few yellowish grey specks ; as it becomes 

 mature, it turns more yellow, and has sometimes a little 

 colour on the sunny side. Flesh greenish white, very 

 tender, and full of a saccharine, rich, highly-flavoured 

 juice. 



In eating from November till January. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



125. D'AucH. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 68. 

 Poire d'Auch. Of some Collections. 



Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, 

 greatly resembling the Colmar in almost every respect, 

 except in being a little more full next the stalk, and in 

 being, perhaps, a fortnight later in arriving at maturity ; 

 its flesh is, moreover, never yellow, and it has the ad- 

 vantage of a higher flavour. 



A similarity of appearance has led some to suppose 

 they were both the same. Experience, however, does 

 not warrant this supposition ; for, in every situation 

 where it has been tried, it has proved far more produc- 

 tive, and also a much hardier tree. It was introduced 

 into this country before 1817 by the late Duke of 

 Northumberland. 



126. EASTER BEURRE. Pom.Mag.t.^S. 

 Bergamotte de la Pentecote. Nois. Manuel, Vol. ii. 



p. 537. 



Beurre d'Hiver de Bruxelles. Taschenluch, p. 420. 



