PEARS. 401 



Chretien, having a few obtuse angles or ribs extending 

 from the middle of the fruit to the crown, and narrowed 

 towards the stalk ; usually about three inches long, and 

 two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye narrow. 

 Stalk half an inch long, inserted without any cavity. 

 Skin smooth, pale green, sprinkled with a few grey 

 specks. Flesh melting. Juice plentiful, saccharine, 

 with a good deal of musky flavour. 



Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. 



131. LENT SAINT GERMAIN. Hart. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 514. 



Easter Saint Germain. Of some Gardens. 



Fruit pretty large, of an oblong figure, broadest in 

 the middle, and tapering to each extremity. Eye small 

 and prominently seated. Stalk an inch long, slender, 

 obliquely inserted under an elongated lip. Skin pale 

 green, full of small white specks. Flesh firm and break- 

 ing, with a veiy good flavoured juice. 



In eating in March and April. 



This, although not a high-flavoured Pear, deserves 

 cultivation, as it comes into eating when most Winter 

 Pears are gone. 



132. MARTIN SEC. Miller, No. 48. Duhamel, 

 No. 36. t. 14. 



Ronville. /6. 



Fruit middle-sized, of a pyramidal figure, somewhat 

 turbinate, about three inches long, and two inches and 

 a quarter in diameter. Eye small, open, seated in a 

 somewhat deep obtuse-angled basin. Stalk one inch 

 and a half long, inserted in a small angular cavity. Skin 

 of a deep russet colour on the shaded side, but where 

 exposed to the sun, of a lively red, covered with numer- 

 ous grey specks. Flesh crisp. Juice sugary, with an 

 agreeable perfume. 



In eating from November till January. 



