156 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



XL. PEAR TREE with large smooth pyriform summer fruit, bright green marked with pale red 

 spots. 



FIN-OR de Septembre. 



This is a big pear, two inches nine lignes high by two inches four lignes in 

 diameter. It's pear-shaped. The top end isn't flattened like it is on the Fin-Or d'ete. On the 

 contrary, it's raised with several not very prominent bumps & in its center there's a small 

 recess in which the eye is situated. The stalk is about fourteen lignes long. 



Its skin is smooth, glossy, bright green on the side in the shade and a sort of spotty 

 pale red on the side in the sun. 



Its flesh is white, delicate, and buttery. 



The juice is pleasantly tart. It's a lot like that of the Beau-present pear. 



It ripens at the end of August or at the beginning of September. 



XLI. PEAR TREE with medium-sized pyriform summer fruit, honey-colored on one side to pale 

 red on the other. 



CHAIR A DAME. CHERE ADAME. (PL XVI) 



This pear tree is quite vigorous & fruitful. It's grafted on wild stock & on the 

 quince tree. 



The shoots are short, of average thickness and bent at each node. Some are almost 

 cream-colored; most are flax gray and are very speckled. But the spots aren't very 

 conspicuous; they almost blend with the color of the shoot. 



The buds are big, pointed and flattened. They lie against the branch and are 

 attached by broad & quite prominent stems. 



The leaves are longish, pendent, folded along the central vein, pale green & shiny, 

 three inches long 



