PEARS. 407 



Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, 

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

 quarter in diameter. Eye small, sunk in a shallow 

 plaited basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity. Skin rough, yellow. Flesh 

 white, tender, full of an astringent juice, which renders 

 it too austere to be eaten raw by some palates, but is 

 excellent when stewed. 



In use from February till May. 



144. SPANISH BONCHRETIEN. Miller, No. 61. 

 Bonchretien d'Espagne. Duhamel, No. 89. t. 46. 

 Fruit large, somewhat angularly pyramidal, about 



four inches long, and three inches in diameter. Eye 

 small, with a short erect calyx, deeply sunk. Stalk one 

 inch and a half long, inserted in an oblique, obtuse- 

 angled cavity. Skin pale yellowish green, tinged on 

 the sunny side with streaks of dull red, thickly covered 

 with brown specks. Flesh white, breaking. Juice not 

 plentiful, subacid, with a pleasant astringency. 



In eating in November and December. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



145. TILLINGTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 521. 

 Fruit of the shape and size of the Grey Doyenne, 



but more perfectly rounded at the crown, about two 

 inches and three quarters long, and two inches and a 

 half in diameter. Stalk short, fleshy at its insertion. 

 Skin dull green on the shaded side, but of a dull brick- 

 dust red where exposed to the sun, the whole a good 

 deal russetted. Flesh white, nearly buttery, with a little 

 grit at the core, particularly rich and sweet, though not 

 very juicy. 



Ripe the middle of November, and will keep a con- 

 siderable time without spoiling. 



This hardy Pear, for orchard purposes, was raised 

 from the seed of an autumn Bergamot, the blossom of 

 which had been impregnated with the Jargonelle, in the 



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