188 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



Sometimes it's shaped like a lemon. It's two inches in diameter & two inches five lignes 

 high (often it's bigger than that). At times its diameter & height are almost equal. The top 

 is very rounded; the eye is set there flush with the fruit. The stalk is thick, eight to fifteen 

 lignes long, and inserts into a small cavity usually bordered by several small bumps. 



Its skin is whitish, lighter than that of the Ambrette. It turns yellowish when the 

 fruit ripens. 



Its flesh is soft, buttery & delicate. 



The juice is sweet, musky, and has a very pleasant flavor. 



The seeds are brown. 



This pear ripens in November, December, & January. It's a delicious fruit when 

 it's in good condition. 



LXVII. PEAR TREE, with medium-sized, rough, somewhat oval greenish autumn fruit. 



MERVEILLE d'hiver. PETIT OIN. [Translator's note: a pear that originated in 

 Germany.] {PL XXXI I L) 



This is a beautiful pear tree when grafted on wild stock, but it does poorly on 

 quince trees. It's very fruitful. 



The shoots are slender, long, not very bent at the nodes, green, and very speckled 

 with gray spots. The tips are slightly reddish on the side in the sun. 



The buds are triangular, slightly flattened, not very pointed and free of the branch. 

 The stems are not very raised. 



The leaves are small, thirty-four lignes long and eighteen lignes wide. They're 

 ruffled on the margins, which are not smooth even though no denticulation is visible. 

 Some leaves are folded along the central vein but most are in a boat shape. The petioles 

 are twenty-three lignes long. The medium-sized leaves are almost oval and diminish in 

 width almost equally at both ends. Their petioles are only thirteen to fifteen lignes long. 



