134 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



The petals are nine lignes long, seven lignes wide and very concave spoonlike. 



The fruit is medium-sized in proportion to its diameter, which is two inches two 

 lignes, but it's very long, sometimes more than three inches six lignes in length. It's 

 shaped somewhat like a weaver's shuttle. From its greatest diameter, located two thirds of 

 the way along the fruit near the top end, it diminishes in size both at the top & at the end 

 near the stalk It's marked with several not very prominent bumps. The eye is average in 

 size, sort of crinkled and is set in a not very deep cavity marked with several ridges. The 

 stalk is thick & it thickens considerably more at both ends. It's usually bent & is twenty- 

 seven lignes long. There's no indentation at all where it attaches to the fruit, but 

 frequently there are creases & some protrusions. 



Its skin is greenish. Sometimes it turns a little red on the side in the sun. It's 

 mottled all over with tan spots, especially next to the stalk which is entirely that color. It's 

 somewhat thick. 



Its flesh is soft. 



The juice is enhanced with a delicate, very pleasant tartness. But some soils 

 impart an unpleasant acidity to it. 



The seeds are black & often fail to develop. 



This pear ripens at the end of July & at the beginning of August. It's one of the 

 best & most beautiful of the season. 



X VIII . PEAR TREE with medium-sized very long, late fruit, from yellow to somewhat greenish 

 and marked with yellowish brown spots. 



TARQUIN. 



The Tarquin pear is long & is shaped very much like the Epargne. It's a little more 

 pointed toward the stalk and somewhat flattened at the top. The stalk is average in length, 

 swollen next to the fruit & sort of plump. 



