PYRUS, PEAR TREE. 145 



The seeds are brown, oblong, pointed, quite full & are enclosed in large 

 compartments. 



This pear ripens in February, March, & April. 



XXX. PEAR TREE with large, smooth, long pyriform green winter fruit. 



MARTIN-SIRE. RONVILLE. (PL XIX. fig. 5.) [Translator's note: in England known as 

 Lord Martin's pear since the 13th century. The name is said to have originated with a former Lord of 

 Ronville named Martin]. 



This pear tree is grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. 



The shoots are big & strong, straight, and reddish-brown verging on deep purple. 

 They're speckled with very tiny yellowish spots. 



The buds are very flat & sort of squashed against the branch. They're attached to 

 flat & grooved stems. 



The leaves are flat, almost oval, not denticulate, three inches six lignes long and 

 two inches two lignes wide. The margins are somewhat wavy, & the midrib curves 

 downward forming two folds at the ends of the leaf. The petiole is thick and nine lignes 

 long. 



The flower is sixteen lignes in diameter. The petals are nearly oval and slightly 

 concave spoonlike. The tips of the stamens are a mixture of white & purple. 



The fruit is slightly bigger than medium-sized. It's three inches one ligne long & 

 two inches three lignes in diameter. It has an oblong pear shape and is nicely formed. The 

 entire part near the top is very round, where the eye is set flush with the fruit. The bottom 

 is a bit bigger on one side than on the other. The part toward the stalk terminates in a 

 blunt point. The stalk is quite thick, especially near its end, & is nine lignes long. At its 

 origin there's a sort of swelling. La Quintynie [sic] compares the shape of this fruit to that 

 of a big & beautiful Rousselet. 



Its skin is green, smooth & sort of satiny. It turns yellow when it ripens. The side 

 in the sun takes on very light, sometimes quite vivid shade of red. 



