P YR US, PEAR TREE. 239 



They're three inches long and fifteen lignes wide. The petioles are fifteen to twenty lignes 

 long. 



The flowers are thirteen lignes in diameter and are wide open. The petals are flat 

 and almost round. 



The fruit is medium-sized and somewhat gourd-shaped. It diminishes 

 considerably in size toward the stalk, which is eight to ten lignes long & inserts into a 

 deep & smooth cavity. The top decreases a little in size & the eye, very open, is set in a 

 smooth & not very concave indentation. The diameter of the fruit is twenty-five lignes & 

 it's twenty-six lignes high. 



Its skin is smooth and greenish. It turns yellow when the fruit matures. It has a 

 light red-brown tinge on the side in the sun. 



Its flesh is semi-crisp, sometimes slightly buttery, and it's not gritty. 



The juice is sweet & quite pleasant for the season in which this fruit ripens. 



The seeds are big & very full. The axis of the fruit is hollow. 



It matures in February & March. 



CVIII. PEAR TREE with medium-sized, longish rough winter fruit, yellow becoming very slightly 

 red. 



ANGELIQUE de Rome. 



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



The shoots are long, of average thickness, and very speckled. They're green at the 

 base, a light red-brown toward the tip, and have almost no bends in them. 



The buds are average sized, rounded, and not very free of the branch. Their stems 

 are quite thick. 



