248 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



It's enlarged at the top, and the eye is set in a wide, smooth, and not very concave 

 indentation. The other end diminishes in size almost uniformly & terminates in a 

 somewhat blunt point. The stalk, quite thick and six to eight lignes long, inserts there 

 flush with the fruit. 



Its skin, a bit rough to the touch, is yellow everywhere, bordering on a wood- or 

 cinnamon-color. 



Its flesh is white, tender, & usually not gritty. 



The juice is plentiful, & when the fruit is completely ripe it's sweet enough to be 

 eaten fresh. It's delicious stewed & in compotes. 



The seeds are large, pointed, and very dark brown. 



This pear starts to ripen in March. It keeps until June. 



CXVIII. PEAR TREE with medium-sized, pyriform winter fruit, partly lemon yellow and partly a 

 bright & beautiful red. 



TROUVE. 



This pear, that Merlet calls Poire de Prince, Trouve de Monlagne, &c, is 

 medium-sized, twenty-seven lignes in diameter by twenty-nine lignes high. It's uniformly 

 pyriform in shape. The eye is large & very open and is situated almost flush with the 

 fruit. The stalk, fifteen to eighteen lignes long, is thick at its end and is somewhat fleshy 

 at its origin. It inserts at a slight slant and flush with the tip of the fruit. 



Its skin is thin, a bright & quite deep red on the side in the sun. The shaded side is 

 lemon yellow, occasionally tinged or streaked with light red. It's speckled all over with 

 very tiny spots that are red on the yellow part & light gray on the red. 



Its flesh is a slightly yellowish white, crisp, and not gritty. 



