PEARS. 489 



orange, yellowish green, with a tinge of dark red, changing to fine lemon 

 as it ripens, with lively red next the sun, and dotted all over with small 

 yellowish grey dots, and sometimes a little pale brown russet. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch long, in- 

 serted in a small cavity, with a fleshy boss on one side of it. Flesh, 

 white, crisp, and very juicy, with a sweet musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in August, and requires to be gathered before 

 it ripens on the tree. Tree, vigorous and an excellent bearer ; succeeds 

 well as a standard, either on the pear or quince. 



Orange Musquee d'Ete. See Orange Musquee. 

 Orange Eonde. See Orange Musquee. 

 Orange Kouge. See Red Orange. 



OEANGE TULIPEE {Poire de Mouches). —Fimt, medium sized ; 

 roundish ovate. Skin, rather rough, yellowish green, changing to 

 greenish yellow on the shaded side, and entirely covered on the side 

 next the sun vrith bright red, on which are stripes of deeper red, which 

 extend towards the stalk and the shaded side, the whole strewed with 

 dots, which are greenish in the shade and grey next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 fleshy, obhquely inserted by the side of a fleshy prominence. Flesh, 

 whitish, crisp, and very juicy, with a fine sugary and musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe the middle of September. The tree is vigorous, 

 and an excellent bearer; succeeds well as a standard, either on the 

 pear or quince. 



L'Orpheline. See Beurre d'Aremberg. 

 L'Orpheline d'Enghein. See Beurre d'Aremberg. 

 Oxford Chaumontel. See Chatcmontel. 

 Paddington. See Easter Bergamot, 



PAEADISE D'AUTOMNE. — Fruit, medium sized; pyriform, and 

 sometimes pyramidal, with an uneven, undulating outline. Skin, 

 covered with a coat of rough, dark, cinnamon-coloured russet, which is 

 strewed with grey dots, but on the shaded side the lemon-coloured 

 ground appears through. Eye, very small and open, with short, erect, 

 dry segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a quarter 

 long, obliquely inserted without depression. Flesh, fine-grained, 

 buttery and melting, rich, sugary, and with a fine sprightly vinous 

 flavour and a fine aroma. 



A remarkably fine pear ; ripe in September and October. 



M. Andr6 Leroy makes this synonymous with Beurre Bosc, but it is quite a 

 different fruit. 



Parkinson's Warden. See Black Worcester. 



PASSANS DE POETUGAL. — ^Fruit, medium sized ; oblate. Skin, 

 lively green, changing to pale yellow as it ripens ; red next the sun, 



