PEARS. 409 



the middle towards the stalk, where it is still broad, and 

 somewhat obliquely truncate ; a good-sized fruit is about 

 four inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter. 

 Eye of a middling size, with a long calyx, placed in a 

 wide and deep hollow. Stalk one inch and a quarter 

 long, a little bent, and obliquely inserted in a somewhat 

 deep obtuse-angled cavity. Skin yellowish when fully 

 matured, with a brown tinge on the sunny side. Flesh 

 very tender, and breaking. Juice plentiful, very rich, 

 saccharine, and highly perfumed. 



In eating in January and February. 



This Pear ripened at Twickenham in 17^7, on a west 

 wall, October 10. O. S., or October 21. N. S. Langley. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



This is undoubtedly one of the very best winter Pears, 

 and is held, both in France and in this country, in the 

 highest estimation. It requires to be planted in a good 

 soil, and against a south or south-east wall, in order to 

 have it perfectly ripened. 



148. WINTER NELIS. Pom. Mag. t. 126* 



Nelis d'Hiver. Of many Flemish and English 

 Gardens. 



Bonne de Malines. Hort. Trans. Vol. iii. p. 353. 



La Bonne Malinoise. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 408. 

 t. 17., according to the Pom. Mag. 



Fruit above the middle size, somewhat oval, broadest 

 in the middle, narrowed towards the crown, and a little 

 more so towards the stalk, about three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two inches and three quarters in 

 diameter. Eye open, slightly sunk in a rather narrow 

 basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, inserted in a 

 narrow and rather deep cavity. Skin dull greyish green, 

 full of grey dots, covered partly, especially on the sunny 

 side, with a brownish-grey russet. Fle*h yellowish white, 

 melting, buttery. Juice plentiful, sugary, rich, high 

 flavoured, with a musky perfume. 



