456 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Grand Monarque. See Catillac, 

 Grand Muscat. See Muscat Bobert. 



GRAND SOLEIL. — Fruit, large, two inches and three-quarters long 

 and two inches and a quarter wide ; roundish turbinate. Skin, very 

 rough to the feel, entirely covered with dark brown russet of the colour 

 of that which covers the Royal Russet apple. Eye, open, with long 

 pointed segments, set in a pretty deep basin. Stalk, an inch and a 

 quarter long, thick and fleshy, swelling out at the base into the sub- 

 stance of the fruit. Flesh, white, coarse-grained, crisp, and very 

 juicy, sweet, and with a pleasant flavour. 



A good but not first-rate pear ; ripe in November. 



GRASLIN. — Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter long and two 

 and a half wide ; roundish obovate. Skin, greenish yellow, thickly 

 sprinkled with green and russet dots. Eye, large and open, set 

 almost level with the surface. Stalk, an inch long, thick and stout, in- 

 serted without depression. Flesh, tender and melting, with a pleasant 

 acidulous and musky flavour. 



A good pear ; ripe in October and November. 



It receives its name from the family of Qraslin, owners of the Chateau Malitoume, 

 in the department of La Sarthe, where the pear was found. 



Gratioli. See Summer Bon Chretien. 



Gratioli d'Hiver. See Beurre DieL 



Gratioli di Roma. See Summei- Bon Chretien. 



Gratioli de la Toussaint. See Spanish Bon Chretien. 



Great Bergamot. See Hampden's Bergamot. 



Great Blanquette. See Large Blanquet. 



Great Rousselet. See Qros Bousselet. , 



GREEN CHISEL. — Fruit, very small, growing in clusters ; roundish 

 turbinate. Skin, green, with sometimes a brownish tinge next the sun. 

 Eye, large and open. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted 

 without depression. Flesh, juicy, sweet, and slightly gritty. 



An old-fashioned early pear, of little merit ; ripe in August. 



The name Chisel is a corruption of the French name Choiseul. 



Green Sylvange. See Sylvange. 

 Green Windsor. See Windsor, 



GREEN YAIR.— Fruit, below medium size ; obovate. Skin, 

 smooth, dark green, changing to yellowish green as it ripens, and 

 strewed with patches and dots of russet. Eye, lai-ge, open, and 

 prominent. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted. 

 Flesh, tender, juicy, and sugary. 



A good Scotch pear ; ripe in September. 



It was raised at Yair, on the Tweed, in Peeblesshire. 



