202 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



on an espalier at Chaumontel that were three inches four lignes in diameter & three 

 inches seven lignes high. They had the brightest and most beautiful color. 



LXXIX. PEAR TREE with iarge, somewhat oval summer fruit, partly green, partly dark red and 

 streaked with paler red stripes. 



ORANGE tulipee. POIRE aux mouches. (PL XLL) 



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



The shoots are short, very thick, bent at each bud and a very deep purple or wine- 

 like brown. 



The buds are big, not very elongated, pointed and not very free of the branch. 

 Their stems are very thick. 



The leaves are average-sized, almost oval, two inches ten lignes long and two 

 inches wide. They're finely but indiscernibly & not very evenly denticulate. The midrib 

 curves downward making a fold along the central vein, sometimes along the whole leaf, 

 sometimes only at the tip. The petioles are sixteen lignes long. 



The flowers are large & wide open. They're seventeen lignes in diameter. The 

 petals are almost round. The tips of the stamens are very big & are colored light purple. 



The fruit is big, two inches six lignes in diameter & two inches eleven lignes high. 

 It's oval-shaped and comes to a point near the stalk, similar to the Beurre or the Doyenne, 

 depending on the extent that its height exceeds its diameter. The stalk is short & thick, 

 often not more than six lignes long. It inserts into an indentation bordered with some 

 bumps that are much smaller than those on the Doyenne. The eye is set in the bottom of 

 quite a large & deep recess. 



The skin is green on the shaded side and red-brown on the side in the sun. 

 Between the green & red-brown some red lines or streaks are evident. It's spotted & 

 dappled with gray all over which makes it look rather uneven. 



