PEAKS. 867 



•one side of it. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, and huttery, with a 

 rich, sugary, and perfumed flavour, very much resembling, and even 

 equalling, that of the Crasanne. 



A dessert pear of the first quality, in use during the end of October 

 and beginning of November. In appearance it much resembles Eye- 

 wood, but it is not so richly flavoured. 



The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. It 

 succeeds admirably as a standard, and is one of the most valuable of 

 our native varieties. There is, however, a peculiarity in its growth 

 which requires attention. When grown as a standard the branches 

 have a tendency to twist and become entangled, which must, therefore, 

 be prevented by a timely attention to pruning. 



This esteemed variety was raised at Aston, in Cheshire, and has for many years 

 been cultivated in that and neighbouring counties to a considerable extent. 



D'Auch. See Oolmar. 

 D'Aumale. See Besi de la Motte. 

 Auguste Benoit. See Beurre Benoit. 



AUGTJSTE DE BOULOGNE.— Fruit, about medium size, two inches 

 and a half wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; oval, even, 

 regular, and handsome in its outline. Skin, smooth, of a bright deep 

 golden yellow, strewed all over with dark brown russet dots, and with 

 a patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, very small and open, with 

 short, erect, acute segments, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, very 

 stout and woody, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small 

 narrow cavity. Flesh, half melting, not very juicy, rather coarse- 

 grained and gritty, and not of a particularly good flavour. 



It ripens in the beginning and middle of October, and soon becomes 

 pasty. The tree is a good bearer, and succeeds better on the pear 

 than on the quince. 



A seedling of Van Mons, sent with several others when quite young to his friend 

 M. Bonnet of Boulogne. It first fruited in 1854, and was distributed in 1857 by 

 the Soci6t§ Van Mons, of Brussels. 



AUGUSTE EOYER. — Fruit, small or below medium size, from two 

 to two and a quarter inches wide, and two and a quarter to two and a 

 half high ; obovate, even in its outline. Skin, entirely covered with 

 warm brown russet, and sprinkled all over with darker brown russet 

 dots. Eye, small and open, with erect, acute segments, set in a small 

 round basin. Stalk, from half an inch to three-quarters long, slender, 

 obliquely inserted by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 gritty, juicy, and sweet. 



A worthless pear ; ripe in the end of October, when it rots at the 

 core. In 1866 I found it very astringent and with a disagreeable 

 flavour. In 1867 it was not astringent, but sweet, and of no character. 



It was raised by Van Mons, and the tree became the property of M. Charles 

 Durieux, of Brussels. On being submitted to the Royal Commission of Pomology 

 in 1853, it was named in honour of M. Auguste Royer, of Namur, the President of 

 the Commission. 



