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THB FBUIT MANUAL. 



Bee d'Oie ; De Finois ; English Beurre ; EngeUche Otsambert ; Booter 

 Peer ; Zoon Peer ; Englisehe Sommerbutterbime ; Englische Butter- 

 hirne ; Mandelbirne). — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three- 

 quarters long, and two inches and a quarter broad ; of pyriform shape, 

 or sometimes inclining to oblong-ovate. Skin, greenish yellow, but so 

 thickly covered with pale brown russety dots that httle of the ground 

 colour is visible, except in those parts where they are less dense ; on 

 the side next the sun it is marked with a tinge of brownish red. 

 Eye, open, with long linear segments, placed almost even with the 

 surface, or in a very shallow depression. Stalk, from an inch to an 

 inch and a half long, slender, inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 white, delicate, buttery, and melting, very juicy, sugary, and richly 

 flavoured. 



A very excellent dessert pear ; ripe in the beginning of October, but 

 it rarely keeps above a fortnight, when it begins to decay, generally 

 at the stalk. It should always be gathered green, and it then wiU keep 

 for a fortnight ripening in succession. 



The tree is a strong grower, and an abundant bearer on the pear 

 stock ; but on the quince, although it is an early bearer, it soon 

 languishes and dies. It succeeds well as a standard, but prefers a 

 light and warm soU. 



Although this has acquired on the Continent the names of Pon-e d'Angleterre 

 and Beurr6 d'Angleterre, it is not a sort that has ever been grown to any extent 

 in this country, nor has it even an English name, except that given it by Lindley, 

 which is only a translation from the French. It is a variety grown extensively 

 about Paris for the supply of the markets, where it may be seen, about the middle 

 and end of September, exposed for sale in large quantities — it is, in fact, quite the 

 pear of the Paris costormonger. There is great confusion about the synonymes of 

 this pear; Forsyth very absurdly makes it synonymous with Brown Beurre. 



Angleterre a la St. Denis. See Angleterre. 



Angleterre des Chartreux. See Angleterre. 



Angleterre d'Ete. See Angleterre. 



ANGLETEEEE D'HITBR.— Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and a quarter wide, and three inches and a quarter long ; pyriform, 

 and rounded at the apex. Skin, smooth, of a clear citron yeUow 

 colour, and marked with yellow spots. Eye, open, set in a rather 

 sha,llow and plaited basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, and 

 obUquely inserted without depression. Flesh, very white, fine, delicate, 

 and crisp, with a sweet and agreeable flavour, but after maturity soon 

 becomes mealy. 



A culinary pear, of good quality, in season from November till 

 March. The tree may be grown either on the peai- or the quince, but 

 does best on the pear. It bears well as a standard, and is of free and 

 vigorous growth. 



ANGLETERRE DE NOISETTE {Grosse Angleterre de Xnisette ; 

 Beurre Noisette Anglaise; Noisette Orosse Englische BiM^rbirm). — 

 This is a variety raised from seed by" M. Noisette, of Pai-is, and 



