244 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



CXII. PEAR TREE with small, pyriform, somewhat yellow summer fruit. 

 SAPIN. 



The Sapin pear is small, pyriform, compressed at the top, where a quite small eye 

 is set in an indentation that's very wide, smooth, & of average depth. The other end 

 diminishes in size uniformly & comes to a blunt or somewhat truncate point. The stalk is 

 thick, eleven or twelve lignes long, and inserts almost flush with the fruit. It has a green 

 skin that turns slightly yellow on ripening. Its flesh is white & very coarse. The juice isn't 

 very plentiful and is not very flavorful, even though it has a little fragrance. The seeds are 

 dark brown and quite full. It ripens toward the end of July & isn't too bad for an early 

 pear. 



CXIII. PEAR TREE with medium-sized summer fruit compressed at the center & appears as 

 though it were twinned. 



POIRE a deux tetes. 



This is a medium sized pear that doesn't have a very uniform or definite shape, 

 however it comes closer to being turbinate than to any other form. Its stalk is thick, ten to 

 twenty lignes long, often somewhat fleshy at its origin, and inserts into the fruit at a slant. 

 An extension of the flesh of the fruit covers the stalk on one side & terminates in a 

 definite point, so that if it were to encompass the entire origin of the stalk, the fruit would 

 be almost pyriform. The eye is situated on an elevation formed by a collection of small 

 bumps. It's large, oval, & more or less divided in two, which is why this pear gets the 

 name Two Heads. Its skin is quite smooth, green turning to yellow on the shaded side and 

 a pale red-brown on the side in the sun. Frequently there's quite a long tan spot near the 

 stalk that feels rough to the touch. 



