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to Gansel's Bergamot. Skin, green, thickly covered with russet dots 

 and freckles, which sometimes form patches ; it becomes yellowish 

 green when ripe. Eye, open, with short segments, set in a rather 

 deep saucer-like basin. Stalk, half an inch to an inch long, stout, 

 fleshy at the insertion.. Flesh, white, rather coarse-grained and 

 gritty, not very juicy nor melting. 



This is only a second-rate pear, and has not the musky flavour of 

 the Gansel's Bergamot. 



GANSEL'S SECKLE.— Fruit not unlike the Seckle in shape, and 

 also with much of the character of Gansel's Bergamot on a small scale. 

 The skin has a sohd bright crimson cheek next the sun, which shades 

 off to yellow on the opposite side ; the shaded side is covered with a 

 thin smooth crust of cinnamon-coloured russet, and the crimson cheek 

 is strewed with distinct dots of grey russet. Eye, small and closed, 

 with erect acute segments, set in a narrow and considerable basin. 

 Stalk, generally short and stout, but sometimes three-quarters of an 

 inch long, inserted in a narrow and rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 rather coarse-grained and gritty, with a sweet, abundant, and very 

 richly-sugared juice, and a high perfume, but not so much so as in 

 SecWe. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in the beginning of November. 



A seedling raised by the late Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, Worcester. It was 

 obtained by crossing Seckle with Gansel's Bergamot. 



GAUDEY. — Fruit, small ; roundish ovate, even in its outline. Skin, 

 straw-coloured, covered with russet dots and patches. Eye, clove-Hke, 

 set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted in 

 a narrow cavity. Flesh, white, juicy, and melting, brisk, vinous, and 

 sweet, with a pleasant rosewater flavour. 



A rather good pear ; ripe in the end of October and beginning of 

 November. 



Garde Ecorse. See Oilogil. 



GENDEBIEN {Gendesheirn ; Verlaine ; Verlaine d'Ete). — Friiit, 

 medium sized ; obtuse-pyriform. Skin, pale greenish yellow, thickly 

 covered with grey russety dots. Eye, small and open, with acute erect 

 segments, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, inserted 

 in a small cavity. Flesh, buttery, with a rich, sweet, and somewhat 

 musky flavour. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October and November. The tree is 

 hardy, an excellent bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



Gendesheirn. See Gendebimi. 



GENERAL DUTILLIEUL.— Fruit, large, three inches and three- 

 quarters long, and two and three-quarters wide ; pyramidal, uneven in its 

 outUne. Skin, of a deep golden yellow colour, with a bright crimson 

 cheek where it is exposed to the sun, and where it is also covered with 



