PYRUS, PEAR TREE. 155 



If the tip of this fruit were pointed, it would be pyriform. 



Its skin is smooth and light lemon yellow on the shaded side. The other side is a 

 pale light red & is speckled with small bright red spots. 



Its flesh is white, semi-crisp, not very delicate & liable to soften. 



The juice is quite plentiful, sweet & somewhat fragrant in dry areas. 



The seeds are quite full and terminate in a very sharp point. 



The fruit ripens at the beginning of September. It's reputed more for its abundance 

 than for its quality. In some provinces the Ah! mon Dieu pear is called the Love Pear, n°. 

 105. 



XXXIX. PEAR TREE with medium-sized smooth truncate turbinate summer fruit, partly green 

 to somewhat yellow, partly deep & brilliant red. 



FIN-OR d' Ete. 



This is a medium-sized pear, top-shaped, slightly truncate near the stalk, which is 

 quite thick and sixteen lignes long. The pear is flat at the top end where the eye, which 

 isn't very big, is set into the bottom of a small cavity. 



Its skin is very smooth, a deep vivid red on the side in the sun and yellowish green 

 spotted with red on the shaded side. 



Its flesh is greenish, delicate and semi-buttery. 



The juice is not unpleasant although it's a bit tart. 



The seeds are black & quite full. 



The fruit ripens about mid- August. 



