FEABS. 



'48S 



rather crisp, like the texture of Passe Colmar, and with an abundant, 

 rich, sugary, and very finely perfumed juice. 



A first-rate pear; ripe in the end of October and beginning of 

 November. 



Musk Drone. See Bourdon Musgue. 



Musquine de Bretagne. See Bergamotte de HoUande, 



NAPLES. — Fruit, medium sized; turbinate. Skin, smooth, at first 

 vivid green, changing to beautiful lemon-yellow as it ripens, marked 

 with brownish red next the sun, which becomes bright red as the 

 ground colour changes. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow, even 

 depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a pretty 

 deep cavity. Flesh, whitish, rather fine-grained, firm, crisp, and juicy, 

 with a pleasant sweet flavour. 



A dessert pear of ordinary merit ; in use from January to March. 

 The tree is very vigorous and an abundant bearer, succeeds well either 

 on the pear or quince as a standard. 



NAPOLEON (BeurrS Autien ; Bonaparte; Bon Chretien Napoleon ; 

 Beurre Napoleon ; Captif de St. Helene ; Charles X. ; Qloire de 

 VEmpereur ; lAard ; Medaille ; Napoleon d'Hiver ; Roi de Rome ; 

 Sucree Boree ; Wurtemberg). — Fruit, large; obtuse pyriform. Skin, 

 smooth, bright green at first, changing as it ripens to greenish yellow, 

 and sometimes a fine lemon-yellow, and covered with numerous brown 

 dots. Eye, partially open, with long erect acuminate segments, and 

 set in a moderate depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, 

 stout, and inserted in a round and pretty deep cavity. Flesh, whitish, 

 tender, melting, and very juicy, with a rich, sweet, and refreshing 

 flavour ; to such a degree does it abound in juice that Diel says one 

 may be supposed "to drink the fruit." 



A valuable dessert pear ; ripe from November to December. The 

 tree is hardy, vigorous, and an excellent bearer ; succeeds as a standard, 

 but produces the finest fruit against a wall. 



It was raised by M. Liard, a gardener at Mons, in 1808, and by him exhibited 

 at the Pomological Society of Hennegau, where he received the gold medal, hence 

 it was called Medaille. The original tree was afterwards sent to Abb6 Duquesne, 

 and by him named Napoleon. It was sent to this country in 1816 by Van Mons, 

 and was the first of the Flemish pears received with an authenticated name. Much 

 confusion has arisen by the way both fruit and grafts of his seedlings had been 

 sent over by Van Mons. 



NAPOLEON ni.— -Fruit, large, three inches and a half long and 

 two and tliree-quarters wide ; obovate, uneven, and bossed on its 

 surface. Skin, deep yellow, strewed with numerous dots and patches 

 of russet. Eye, small and open, set in a pretty deep and narrow basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, very stout, fleshy at the base, and set on a 

 level with the surface. Flesh, white, very juicy and melting, with a 

 fine brisk vinous flavour and pleasant aroma. 



