472 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



LOUISE BONNE.— Fruit, large ; pyriform. Skin, very smooth, 

 bright green, changing as it ripens to yellowish green, strewed with 

 brown and green dots, and a few markings of russet. Eye, small and 

 open, scarcely at all depressed. Stalk, about half an inch or less long, 

 fleshy at the base, and somewhat obliquely inserted by the side of a 

 fleshy prominence. Flesh, white, juicy, and half melting, with an 

 excellent and perfumed flavour. 



An old French dessert pear ; ripe during November and December. 

 The tree is vigorous, and an excellent bearer, succeeds well as a 

 standard, and prefers the pear to the quince stock. It has long been 

 grown in our gardens, but since the introduction of the Flemish varieties 

 its cultivation is more limited. 



It originated in Poitou, on the property of a lady whose Cliri.-tian name was 

 Louise, and hence the name was derived. 



LOUISE BONNE OF JEESEY {Beurre d'Avranches ; Bonne 

 d'Avranches ; Bonne de Longueval ; Bonne Louise d'Arandore ; Louise 

 d'Avranches ; William the Fourth).-^-'Fim.i, medium sized ; pyriform. 

 Skin, smooth, yellow on the shaded side, but crimson next the sun, 

 covered with crimson and russety dots. Eye, small and open, set in a 

 rather deep basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, obHquely 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, with 

 a rich, sugary, and brisk vinous flavour. 



A most dehcious pear ; ripe in October. The tree is a good bearer, 

 and succeeds well as a pyramid on the quince. 



This valuable pear was raised at Avranches about the year 1788, by M. 

 Longueval, who at first named it simply "Louise," but subsequently added Bonne, 

 and it thenceforth became known as "Bonne Louise d'Avranches." The original 

 tree is still in existence in the garden where it was raised. 



LOUISE BONNE D'AVEANGHES PAN ACHE'E.— This is pre- 

 cisely identical with the preceding, except that it is variegated in the 

 wood and the fruit with golden stripes. It is a very beautiful fruit, 

 and is equally as highly flavoured as the normal form. It originated as 

 a bud sport. 



LOUISE GEEGOIEE. — Fruit, medium sized, three inches long 

 and two and a half wide ; pyriform, uneven and undulating in its out- 

 line. Skin, of an uniform lemon-yellow colour, thickly covered with 

 large russet dots, and here and there a patch of russet. Eye, small 

 and closed, set in a rather deep basin. Stalk, long, slender and woody, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, yellowish, rather coarse-grained, 

 slightly gritty, very juicy and astringent. 



Eipe in the end of October and beginning of November ; and, were 

 it not for the prevalence of a very marked astringency, this would be an 

 excellent pear. 



LOUISE D'ORLEANS.— Fruit, rather large, three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two and a half wide ; long obovate, inclining to 

 pyriform, even in its outline ; terminating at the apex with an abrupt 



