166 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



This pear ripens in October, November, & sometimes later. It's one of the oldest 

 known pears. It always has been highly regarded & deservedly so. It's best illustrated on 

 PI XIX. Fig 7. 



XLIX. PEAR TREE with large, rounded, green to ash gray autumn fruit. 

 CRASANNE. BERGAMOTTE Crasanne. (PL XXII) 



This is a vigorous pear tree. It puts out a lot of branches and it's grafted on wild 

 stock & on quince trees, but it does better on wild stock. It prefers good quality slightly 

 damp soil. 



The shoots are long, of average thickness, slightly bent at each node, light gray 

 tending a little to green on the shaded side, tinged a very light reddish on the side in the 

 sun, and speckled. 



The buds are round, quite thick especially at their base, very free of the branch 

 and are held on flat stems. 



The leaves are flat and wide near the stalk. They come to a point and are slightly 

 bent downward. They're two inches six lignes long, two inches three lignes wide, not 

 very denticulate; the denticulation is uneven & not very deep. The petiole is twelve to 

 fourteen lignes long. The medium-sized leaves are long, narrow, not denticulate, and are 

 very wrinkled or folded at the margins. 



The flowers are very open. They're fourteen lignes in diameter. The petals are 

 almost round and not very concave spoonlike. 



The fruit is big, round and sometimes slightly turbinate. It's two inches five lignes 

 high & two inches seven lignes in diameter. In soil that's very suitable for this pear tree it 

 bears fruit up to three inches two lignes in diameter by three inches high. The stalk is 

 slender, slightly curved, fifteen lignes long & inserts 



