180 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



Its greatest diameter is near the top, which is slightly flattened. There the eye is flush with 

 the fruit with only a very small indentation around it. The fruit becomes progressively 

 smaller toward the stalk, which is straight, nine lignes long, and inserts into a deep cavity 

 bordered by creases & small bumps. 



Its skin is smooth, hazel colored, almost like the golden Messire-Jean. At times 

 it's slightly gray like the gray Messire-Jean. 



Its flesh is very white and somewhat crisp. It becomes tender when the fruit is 

 completely ripe. There are several granules or very tiny grains around the seeds. 



The juice is plentiful. It's accented with a slight tartness or even bitterness that's 

 lost when the fruit is extremely ripe, & then it's sugary & sweet. 



The seeds are quite full & large relative to the fruit. They're situated further down 

 near the eye, something that I've never seen in any other pear. The axis is hollow along 

 the whole length of the seed compartments & the umbilicus is open very far into the fruit. 



This fruit ripens in October, November & part of December. It shares something 

 of its flavor with the Crasanne & a lot with the Messire-Jean in the color of its skin and in 

 the color & aroma of its flesh. But it's not as good a pear as either of them. 



LX. PEAR TREE, with large autumn fruit pointed at both ends, somewhat green and marked with 

 scabby spots. 



FRANC-REAL. 



This is a vigorous & fruitful tree. It's grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. 

 The shoots are long, average in thickness, considerably bent at each bud, 

 yellowish green, spotted, and powdery. 



The buds are short, flat, triangular, free of the branch. 



