212 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



It diminishes a little in size toward the top, where the small eye is set in a narrow recess 

 bordered by several quite prominent bumps. The part near the stalk diminishes abruptly 

 and substantially in size & terminates in a blunt point where the inch-long stalk inserts 

 into a small indentation. 



Its skin is hazel-colored, almost like that of the Martin-sec. It's slightly reddish on 

 the side in the sun, stippled & sort of seeded with very tiny rounded nubs that are both 

 visible & palpable. 



Its flesh is very buttery when the fruit has been picked while it's still green. If it's 

 allowed to ripen on the tree it goes soft very quickly. 



The juice is plentiful, sweet, flavorful and delicious. 



The seeds are longish & very full. 



This pear ripens at the end of October. 



LXXXVII. PEAR TREE with very large truncate-pyramidal winter fruit, partly lemon yellow, 

 partly pale red 



BON-CHRETIEN d'hiver [Translator's note: the Bartlett pear]. (PL XLV.) 



This pear tree is grafted on wild stock & on the quince tree. If it's planted on 

 espalier facing south, it must be grafted on wild stock, which is more vigorous and more 

 resistant to tiger beetles that do a lot of damage to pear trees on espalier & especially to 

 this one. But it will be slow to set fruit, & it generally yields fruit that's smaller, less well 

 formed, and poorer in quality. It's better to graft it on the quince tree & to plant it on 

 espalier facing west where it will take on quite a bit of color, or as a bush or a fan tree. In 

 this climate it couldn't thrive in open ground unless it's in a very protected garden & yet 

 has good exposure. 



The shoots are short, stout, straight, light gray, speckled with indistinct spots, and 

 very flattened below the stems. 



The buds are big, brown, elongated, pointed, and free of the branch. 



