PEAES. 475 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of November and December, 

 This is a seedling of Van Mons, and was named after Madame Eliza Berkmans, 

 wife of the pomologist of that name. 



Madame de France. See Windsor. 



MADAME HENEI DESPORTES.— Fruit, roundish obovate or 

 turbinate, like Red Doyenne, handsome and regular in its outline. 

 Skin, rough to the feel, being covered with a thick coat of dark 

 cinnamon-coloured russet, through which the yellow ground is visible, 

 where the russet is thin. Eye, large and open, with broad, bold 

 segments, set in a round sauoer-like basin. Stalk, very short and 

 stout, inserted in a round cavity. Flesh, yellow, buttery, rich, sugary 

 and juicy, with a pleasant aroma. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in October. 



Raised by M. Andrfi Leroy, of Angers, in 1863, and named in compliment to 

 the wife of M. Henri Desportes, foreman of M. Leroy'a extensive nurseries. 



MADAME LORIOL DE BARNY.— Fruit, large, three inches and 

 a quarter long and two inches and three-quarters wdde ; oblong, uneven 

 in its outline. Skin, greenish yeUow, dotted and mottled with brown 

 russet, with here and there patches of the same. Eye, large and open, 

 slightly depressed. Stalk, very short and slender, with a high shoulder 

 on one side of it. Flesh, very juicy and melting, with a rich, vinous, 

 sprightly flavour, and a fine, dehcate, musky aroma. 



A dessert pear of the first quality ; ripe in December. The tree is 

 a good bearer, forms handsome pyramids, and attains about the medium 

 size. 



Raised by M. Leroy, of Angers, in 1866, and named by him as a compliment to 

 his younger daughter, wife of M. Loriol de Barny, of Angers. 



MADAME MILLET. — Fruit, large, short obovate or turbinate, 

 rather uneven in its outhne. Skin, yellow, almost entirely covered 

 with cinnamon-coloured russet, so much so as to leave only a few spots 

 here and there visible. Eye, open, set in a wide and rather deep basin. 

 Stalk, an inch long and stout, obliquely inserted almost at right angles 

 with the axis of the fruit, and without depression. Flesh, tender, half- 

 melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in March and April. The tree requires a 

 warm situation, or to be grown against a wall. 



Raised by M. Charles Millet, of Ath, in Belgium, in 1840 ; but the original tree 

 was taken to Tirlemont by his son, M. Hippolyte Millet, nurseryman of that town, 

 where it fruited in 1852, and was named by him in compliment to his mother. 



MADAME TREYVE. — Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter 

 long and two inches and three-quarters wide ; obtusely obovate, even, 

 and occasionally bossed. Skin, greenish yellow, becoming pale yellow 

 on the shaded side ; but on the side exposed to the sun it is bright 

 vermilion crimson, more brilliant even than Forelle, and strewed with 

 numerous grey russet dots. Eye, very small and open, set in a narrow 



