PEAKS, 467 



warm brown russet. Eye, open, with erect acute segments, set in a 

 deep rather uneven basin. Stalk, short and very fleshy at the base, 

 where it is iaserted without depression. Flesh, coarse-grained and 

 rather gritty, sweet, not very juicy, and with little flavour. 

 An inferior American pear ; ripe in October. 



King Pear. See Cailht Rosat. 



KING EDWAED'S {Jackman's Melting). — Fruit, very large, some- 

 times five inches and a half long and three inches and a half wide ; 

 pyriform, rather uneven in its outline, and inclined to be bossed. SMn, 

 smooth, shining, of a beautiful grass-green, which becomes yellowish 

 green, dotted with dark green dots on the shaded side, and on the 

 exposed side it is entirely covered with a deep but bright brownish red, 

 and thickly covered with grey russet dots. Eye, open, with large erect 

 segments rather deeply set in an uneven basin, which is ridged round 

 the margin. Stalk, an inch to an inch and three-quarters long, stout 

 and woody, inserted without depression on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, white, or slightly tinged with yellow, sUghtly gritty at the core, 

 but half melting, very juicy, sweet, and acidulous, with a slight rose- 

 water perfume. 



This is the largest melting pear, and, though not of the highest 

 merit, it is well worthy of cultivation for its size and quality combined. 

 In the north it seems to succeed very well, my friend, the Eev. Wm. 

 Kingsley, of South Kilvington, near Thirsk, having grown it of excel- 

 lent quality. It ripens in September in the south, and during October 

 and November in the north. It is so like Uvedale's St. Germain as to 

 be at first sight taken for that variety. 



King William Pear. See Ananas d'Ete. 



Kiss Madame. See Cuisse Madame. 



Kleine Engelsbime. See Ange. 



Kleine Wasserbirne. See Ange. 



Knevett's Pear. See Figue. 



Knevett's New Swan's Egg. See Muirfowl's Egg. 



Knight's Monarch. See Monarch. 



Knoop's Ananasbime. See Ananas. 



Kongo. See Windsor. 



Kornbirn. See Amire Joannet. 



Kronbime. See Be Livre, 



Kummelbirne. See Besi d'Hei-y. 



Lady's Buttock. See Cuisse Madame. 



Lady's Thigh. See Cuisse Madame. 



Lafare. See St. Germain. 



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