190 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



four inches two lignes long, two inches eight lignes wide, and folded along the central 

 vein. The midrib curves downward. There are some teeth on the margins that are not very 

 apparent. The petioles are quite thick and twenty-two lignes long. 



The flowers are beautiful and eighteen lignes in diameter. The petals are almost 

 round and not very concave spoonlike. The tips of the stamens are bright red. 



The fruit is medium-sized, oblong, and somewhat cylindrical. It's twenty-five 

 lignes in diameter by twenty-seven high. Sometimes its diameter is almost the same as its 

 height. The end with the eye is not very flattened & the eye is set in a not very deep 

 indentation. The end near the stalk doesn't decrease much in size. The stalk, quite thick & 

 six to eight lignes long, inserts into a small cavity surrounded by several creases. It's 

 often almost flush with the fruit. 



Its skin is smooth & always green. 



Its flesh is very buttery. Usually there are a few granules around the seeds. 



The juice is very sweet & has a pleasant flavor. 



This pear ripens about the end of October. 



LXIX. PEAR TREE, with large, nearly apple-shaped green to ash-gray winter fruit. 

 POIRE dePretre. 



This is a big pear, twenty-eight lignes in diameter by twenty-seven lignes high. 

 It's almost round, slightly flattened at the top & at the stalk and shaped much like an 

 apple. The eye is set in a wide & not very deep recess. The stalk, quite full & about nine 

 lignes long, inserts into a deeper cavity. 



Its skin is quite thin, almost the same color as the gray Messire-Jean with gray- 

 white spots. 



