466 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



A most delicious pear ; in use from February till May. The tree is 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer. 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1830, and was named in com- 

 pliment to his wife. 



La Juive. See Jewess. 



JULES BIVORT. — Fruit, rather large and handsome ; obovate, 

 even and regular iu its outline. Skin, golden yellow, with a warm 

 orange glow on the side next the sun, mottled and speckled all over 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, quite open and clove-hke, set in 

 a shallow uneven basin. Stalk, an inch long, woody, stout, rather 

 obliquely inserted. Flesh, white, buttery, melting, and very juicy, 

 with sometimes an astringent flavour. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the middle of October. 



JULES DELLOY. — Fruit, rather small and roundish obovate. 

 Skin, yellow, covered with speckles and network of cinnamon-coloured 

 russet. Eye, large and open, with long segments. Stalk, an inch 

 long, stout, inserted without depression. Flesh, melting, and of infe- 

 rior quality, pasty, and flavourless. 



An inferior pear, which becomes pasty in December. 



Just. See Bassin. 



JUVARDIEL. — A rather small fruit, of obtuse obovate shape, golden 

 yellow colour, covered with large russet dots. Eye, large and open. 

 Stalk, an inch long, obliquely inserted. Flesh, crisp, coarse-grained, 

 and breaking, of an inferior flavour. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in October. 



Kaissoise. See Beurre d'Amanlis. 

 Kartofi'el. See Colmar d'Aremberg. 

 Kaizer Alexander. See Alexandre de Russie. 

 Keele Hall Beurre. See Styrian. 

 De Kienzheim. See Yallee Franche. 



KILWINNING. — Fruit, medium sized ; oblong, somewhat like the 

 Bishop's Thumb. Skin, dark green, strewed all over with gi-ey dots, 

 here and there marked with patches of russet, brownish red next the 

 sun, but changing as it ripens to yellowish green and a livelier red. 

 Eye, large and prominent, almost closed, with long, broad, erect 

 segments, not depressed. Stalk, one inch and a quarter long, inserted 

 obliquely, without depression. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, pleasant, 

 and with a strong perfume. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in October. 



KINGSESSING.— Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide and 

 three inches high ; roundish, even, regular and handsome. Skin, of a 

 deep golden yellow ground, and finely mottled and freckled with bright 



