PEARS. 413 



Amour. Duhamel, No. 105. 



Tresor d' Amour. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 315. 



Fruit very large, more so than the Black Pear of 

 Worcester, in shape somewhat like it, but more com- 

 pressed both towards the crown and the stalk ; full 

 four inches and three quarters deep, and five inches in 

 diameter, sometimes even larger than this. Eye small, 

 in a wide hollow basin. Stalk an inch long, very stout, 

 inserted in a deep cavity. Skin rough, yellowish, but 

 of a brownish colour on the sunny side. Flesh white, 

 and when fully matured rather melting, with a plentiful 

 and tolerable juice, but is n't only for stewing ; for this 

 purpose, DUHAMEL observes, it is far preferable to 

 either the Catillac or Poire de Livre. 



In use from December till March. 



This is best on the Pear stock, being too vigorous to 

 subsist upon the Quince. 



156. UVED ALE'S SAINT GERMAIN. Miller, No. 80. 



Union. Ib. 



Udale's Warden. Langley, t. 71. fig. 1. 



Pickering. Ib. 



Tonneau. Duhamel, No. 106. t. 58. f. 5. 



Poire de Tonneau. Jard. Fruit, t. 43. 



Belle de Jersey. Of the French Gardens. 



Fruit very large, of an oblong figure, tapering to the 

 crown, but compressed between the middle and the 

 stalk ; its usual size is about four inches long, and three 

 inches broad, but sometimes much larger. Eye wide, 

 in a deep hollow. Stalk an inch long, bent, and rather 

 deeply, inserted in an oblique angular cavity. Skin 

 smooth, dark green, and of a dull brown on the sunny 

 side ; but as it becomes matured it is of a red colour on 

 a yellowish ground. Flesh white, hard, and a little 

 gritty next the core, with an austere astringent juice, 

 which renders it unfit for eating raw, but it is excellent 

 for baking and stewing. 



