210 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



a very distinct variety of the yellow Doyenne. It shares almost nothing in common with it 

 except the shape of its fruit. 



LXXXV. PEAR TREE with medium-sized, long, very slightly gourd-shaped, partly lemon yellow 

 partly deep red autumn fruit. 



FRANCHIPANNE. (PL XLVIL Fig. 2) 



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



The shoots are straight, stout, very speckled, gray-green on the side in the shade 

 with a very light reddish tinge on the side in the sun. 



The buds are short, pointed, very thick at the base and free of the branch. The 

 stems are flat. 



The leaves are very large, four inches long, three inches four lignes wide, almost 

 heart-shaped, unevenly & barely noticeably denticulate. Some are flat, others boat- 

 shaped; they're thick & substantial and are attached by petioles that are full & an inch 

 long. 



The flowers are sixteen lignes in diameter. The petals are flat and almost oval. 

 Most of them are edged with red; some are almost entirely red. Many of the flowers have 

 six petals. 



The fruit is medium-sized, two inches nine lignes high by twenty-five lignes in 

 diameter. It's long and flecked with many very tiny spots. The eye is quite large and is set 

 in an indentation that's not very deep & is bordered with small creases that don't quite 

 come up to its edges. The top of the fruit decreases in size up to the rim of the 

 indentation. The other part of the fruit, near the stalk, diminishes in size much more & 

 terminates in a blunt or obliquely truncated point, with one side much higher than the 

 other. The stalk, thick at the end & eleven lignes long, inserts into a small indentation. 



The skin is smooth and a bit oily to the touch. 



