PEARS. 405 



side. Flesh tender and buttery, with an excellent 

 saccharine and musky juice. 



In eating from November till February or March. 



This succeeds better on the Pear than on the Quince. 



It is said to have been raised by the Capuchins of 

 Louvain. 



139. POIRE DU VITRIER. Duhamel, No. 24. t. 44. 

 f. 4. 



Fruit middle-sized, oblong, somewhat of the shape of 

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

 two inches and a quarter in diameter, swelling a little in 

 the middle, and a little narrowed at each extremity. 

 Eye large, open, seated in an irregularly-formed depres- 

 sion. Stalk an inch long, inserted rather deeply in an 

 irregularly-angled cavity. Skin smooth, green on the 

 shaded side, but deeply tinged with red on the side next 

 the sun, and covered with numerous grey specks. Flesh 

 white, with a very agreeable juice. 



In eating in November and December. 



This succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince. 



140. ROYALE D'HIVER. Duhamel, No. 71. t. 35. 

 Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, 



decreasing a little irregularly from the crown to the 

 stalk, about three 'inches long, and two inches and three 

 quarters in diameter. Eye small, in a deeply depressed 

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

 and inserted in a small, oblique, irregular cavity. Skin 

 smooth, yellow, but of a fine red on the sunny side, 

 marbled with numerous brown specks and dots. Flesh 

 yellowish, half buttery, melting, and containing a rich, 

 saccharine, well-flavoured juice. 



In eating in December, January, and February. 



This succeeds well on the Pear, not on the Quince. 



141. SAINT AUGUSTIN. Miller, No. 60. Duhamel, 

 No. 99. i. 58. f. 3. 



Fruit below the middle size, of a long pyramidal 

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