162 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



Some of the leaves are heart shaped, others are broad, rounded at the tip & 

 pointed near the petiole. They're slightly ruffled on the margins, floury white, and are not 

 denticulate, except at the tip where there's some denticulation that's not very deep. The 

 petiole is fourteen to eighteen lignes long. The leaves are three inches long & two inches 

 three lignes wide. 



The flowers are fifteen lignes in diameter. The petals are almost round, slightly 

 concave spoonlike, & ruffled at the tip. 



The fruit is large, turbinate, and has the same shape as the autumn Bergamot pear. 

 It's two inches ten lignes high & thirty lignes in diameter. The top end is slightly raised. 

 The eye is situated at the bottom of a cavity with ridges around it. The stalk is thick, 

 green, six lignes long, and inserts into the bottom of a small indentation. 



Its skin is rough to the touch and bright green with tan spots. Sometimes it's 

 tinged with light red on the side in the sun. 



Its flesh is semi-buttery, almost tender but liable to become mealy if the fruit 

 hasn't been picked while it's still slightly green. 



The juice, though not flavorful, has a quite pleasant delicate tartness. 



The seeds are small & frequently fail to develop. 



This fruit ripens at the beginning of September. 



XL VI. PEAR TREE with just about medium-sized, flattened turbinate summer fruit, yellow on 

 one side, red on the other. 



BERGAMOTTE rouge. (PL XIX fig. 6.) 



This is a vigorous pear tree, & it's grafted on wild stock & on quince trees. It's 

 very fruitful. 



The shoots are stout & strong and are a yellowish light brown flecked with large 

 spots. 



