440 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



DUCHES8E D'OELEANS (Beurre St. Nicholas; St. Nicholas).— 

 Fruit, large and pyriform. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, but with 

 a tinge of red on the side next the sun, mottled with greenish brown 

 russet. Eye, open, set in a wide shallow basin. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, buttery, and juicy, 

 with a rich, sugary, and vinous flavour, and fine aroma. 



A most delicious pear ; ripe in October. 



DUNMOEE. — Fruit, large; oblong obovate. Skin, greenish, 

 marked with numerous dots and patches of brown russet, and with a 

 brownish red tinge next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a rather 

 deep and" narrow basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, buttery, and melting, with a rich, sugary flavour. 



A pear of excellent quality ; ripe in September and October. The 

 tree is very hardy and an abundant bearer, often producing fruit on the 

 young shoots. 



DUEONDEAU (Beurre Durondeau; De Tongre). — Fruit, large and 

 handsome, regularly formed ; obtuse pyriform, and smaU at the stalk. 

 Skin, shining, as if varnished, on the side next the sun, where it is of a 

 lively crimson, marked with broken streaks of darker crimson, and 

 covered with large grey russet dots ; on the shaded side it is yellow, 

 with a thin crust of cinnamon russet, and large russet dots. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a rather deep cavity. Stalk, an inch long, very 

 slender, and inserted on the end of the fruit. Flesh, very tender, 

 melting, and very juicy, sweet, rich, and delicious. 



A first-rate and beautiful pear ; ripe in the end of October and begin- 

 ning of November. 



The original tree exists in the garden of the late M. Durondeau, at the village 

 of Tongre-Notre-Dame, near Ath, In Belgium. 



EAELY BEEGAMOT [Bergamotte Precoc«).— Fruit, medium sized, 

 two inches and a half high and two inches and three-quarters wide ; 

 roundish, and considerably flattened at the apex. Skin, green at first, 

 changing to pale greenish yellow as it ripens, and finely streaked with 

 brownish red on the side which is exposed to the sun. Eye, set in a 

 deep and slightly angular basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout, inserted 

 in a small and shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, juicy, 

 sugary, and agreeably perfumed. 



An early dessert pear, of second-rate quality ; ripe in August. The 

 tree is a vigorous grower, an abundant bearer, and succeeds well as a 

 standard. 



Early Beurr6. See Ambrosia. 



Early Catherine (of America). See Early Rousselet. 



Early Charnock. See Charnock. 



Early Queen. See Mmcat Bohert. 



Early Eose Angle. See Citron des Carmes. 



