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mon russet, especially near the eye. Eye, large, half open, with erect 

 segments, set in a wide, shallow depression. Stalk, from half an inch 

 to three-quarters long, obliquely inserted. Flesh, fine-grained, tender, 

 buttery, and melting, very juicy, and exceedingly sweet and rich. 



Of the greatest merit ; ripe in October. The tree is a weak grower, 

 makes neat pyramids, and bears well. 



DR. NELIS. — Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide and the 

 same high ; turbinate. Skin, clear dark lemon-yellow, thinly dotted 

 with russet, and with a ramifying patch of brown round the stalk. Eye, 

 open, with erect segments, set level with the surface. Stalk, green, an 

 inch and a quarter long, slender, inserted without depression by the 

 side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, very tender, melt- 

 ing, juicy, and sweet. 



A very fine pear ; ripe in the middle of October. 



DR. TROUSSEAU. — Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform, wide towards 

 the apex. Skin, rough, greenish yellow, covered with numerous grey 

 specks and russet flakes, and on the side next the sun it has a reddish 

 brown tinge. Eye, open, sometimes without segments. Stalk, three- 

 quarters of an inch long, woody, and inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, sugary, and with a powerful 

 aroma. 



A very excellent peax ; ripe in December. 



Dr. Udale's Warden. See UvedaU's St. Oermain. 



DONVILLE {Poire de Provence ; Calot). — Fruit, medium sized; pyri- 

 form. Skin, smooth and shining green, at first grass-green, changing 

 as it attains maturity to a fine lemon-yellow and marked with brown 

 dots on the shaded side, with a tinge of dark lively red strewed with 

 small ,grey dots next the sun. ' Eye, open, set in a small slightly plaited 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, sometimes fleshy at the 

 base and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, white, breaking, tender, 

 and not gritty, with a sweet subacid and pleasant flavour. 



An excellent culinary pear ; ripe from December to March. The 

 tree is hardy but not a large grower ; a good bearer, and succeeds well 

 either on the pear or quince as a standard. Calvel considers this the 

 same as the St. Pere of Duhamel, which he says is under a double 

 denomination in the garden of the Museum of Natural History to 

 signify the same pear. 



DOROTHEE ROYALE NOUVELLE. — ^Fruit, about medium size ; 

 pyriform, uneven, and bossed in its outline. Skin, smooth, of an 

 uniform clear deep lemon-yellow, with here and there a patch of cin- 

 namon russet. Eye, open, with stout erect segments, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted in a small hole. Flesh, 

 very fine, melting, very juicy, and rich. 



A first-rate pear, like a deUcious Marie Louise. Ripe in the end ai 

 October. 



