168 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



LI. PEAR TREE with large, nearly pyriform winter fruit, golden yellow on one side, pale reddish 

 on the other. 



BERGAMOTTE de Soulers. BONNE de Soulers. (PL XLIV. Fig.l.) 



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



The shoots are stout, light green on the side in the shade, very lightly tinged with 

 red on the side in the sun, and speckled with grayish white spots. There's a very 

 noticeable bend at each node. 



The buds are large, pointed, quite rounded and covered with scales, some of 

 which are gray and others brown. They're free of the branch and are held on thick stems. 



The leaves are medium-sized, oval, almost round, and two inches eight lignes 

 long by two inches four lignes wide. They're very lightly denticulate and frequently boat- 

 shaped. The petioles are an inch long. 



The flowers are fifteen lignes in diameter. The petals are longish and trowel- 

 shaped. Some are tinted light red on the margins. 



The fruit is medium-sized and round. It's twenty-five lignes high & thirty lignes in 

 diameter. The top is more rounded than it is on the other Bergamot pears. The eye is not 

 very deeply recessed. The stalk is quite thick, eleven lignes long, and slightly inserted 

 into the fruit. When the tree is planted with suitable soil & exposure suitable for it, the 

 fruit is large, three inches high by thirty-two lignes in diameter, and oblong, almost 

 pyriform. It comes to a somewhat blunt point at the stalk. The top is slightly oblong 

 rather than flattened. Consequently its more customary shape is quite different from that 

 of other Bergamot pears. 



Its skin is smooth, shiny, whitish or very light green and speckled with darker 

 green spots. It turns yellow 



