170 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



most often it's somewhat flattened. The end toward the stalk gets progressively smaller. 

 The stalk is thick, about four or five lignes long, often slightly curved & slanted and 

 inserts into a round funnel-shaped recess that's not very wide. 



Its skin is green, speckled with very tiny gray spots. It turns slightly yellow when 

 it ripens. The side in the sun is a very light shade of red. 



Its flesh is very white, semi-buttery and not gritty. 



The juice is quite plentiful and is enhanced with a subtle flavor that tends to be 

 slightly tart. If it's not too strong, it's pleasant, especially during the season when this pear 

 is eaten. 



The seeds are large, flat, pointed, brown, and frequently fail to develop. 



The fruit ripens in January, February, & March. 



LIII. PEAR TREE with very large, nearly turbinate, green extremely late fruit 

 BERGAMOTTE de Hollande. AMOSELLE. 

 BERGAMOTTE d'Alen^n. (PL XXV.) 



This pear tree grows well. It's grafted on wild stock & on quince trees. 



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

 gray on the side in the shade, yellow brown on the sun side, covered with a thin light 

 pearl-gray epidermis, and scattered with not very conspicuous spots. The color & the 

 buds make them look like the shoots of cherry trees. They don't grow out at all straight, 

 but they curve in different directions rather like those of the Crasanne pear tree. 



The buds are brown, long, thick, rounded, pointed, and free of the branch. Their 

 stems aren't very prominent. 



The leaves are oblong, rounded toward the stalk. 



