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so years old. I am indebted to Mr. Bucknall for grafts and specimens of the fruit. 

 I received grafts, and specimens also, from Mr. Norris, and I found that they are 

 both one variety. 



JEWESS (La Juive). — ^Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 wide and three inches long ; pyramidal or roundish obovate. Skin, of 

 a uniform pale yellow colour, mottled with pale brown russet, and 

 thickly covered with russet dots. Eye, small and open, with short, 

 erect segments, even with the surface. Stalk, about an inch long, 

 stout, and tapering into the fruit, or obliquely inserted. Flesh, 

 yellowish, buttery, and melting, very juicy, sugary, and rich. 



A most delicious pear ; ripe in December. In 1867 it ripened in the 

 beginning of November, and was inferior in quality. 



This was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and first fruited in 1843. It re- 

 ceived its name from growing against a wall of his garden which bounded the 

 street called Eue des Juifs. 



Joannet. See Amire Joannet. 



Johannisbirn. See Amire Joannet. 



John. See Monsieur Jean. 



JOHN MONTEITH. — Fruit, medium sized ; angular towards the eye, 

 where it is somewhat four-sided. Skin, bright lively green, changing 

 as it ripens to yellowish green, a pale green. Eye, small, and half 

 open, with short, rigid segments, and set in a plaited basin, small. 

 Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted in a small cavity, with a 

 fleshy swelling on one side. Flesh, greenish yellow, buttery, melting, 

 sweet, and pleasantly flavom'ed. 



A dessert pear of good quality, highly esteemed in the Perthshire 

 orchards. 



John Dory. See Monsieur Jean. 



Jolimont. See Surrvmer Doyenne. 



JOLY DE BONNEAU. — Fruit, above medium size ; curved 

 obovate. Skin, pale green, strewed with spots and veins of brown 

 russet. Eye, open, set in a narrow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 obliquely inserted, stout, woody, and inserted on the apex of the fruit 

 without depression. Flesh, white, with a pink tinge, fine-grained, 

 melting, juicy, sugary, and vinous. 



A first-rate pear ; in use from the middle till the end of December. 



Josephine. See Jaminette. 



JOSEPHINE DE MALINES. — ^Fruit, about medium size. Skin, 

 yellow, with a greenish tinge on the shaded side, and with a tinge of 

 red on the side next the sun ; the whole surface strewed with large 

 russet spots. Eye, open, set in a rather shallow depression. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, yellowish, with a tinge of red, melting, and very juicy, sugary, 

 vinous, and richly flavoured, with a high rose-water aroma. 



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