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A very excellent and beautiful pear, covered with crimson dots like 

 Forelle ; ripe in the end of September. 



This is a very old pear, having originated some time in the last century in the 

 neighbourhood of Nantes ; but it is only of late years that it has been introduced 

 to this country. 



St. Michel Dore. See Red Doyenne. 



St. Michel Gris. See Red Doyenne. 



St. Michel d'Hiver. See Doyenne d'Alengon. 



St. Nicholas. See Duchesse d' Orleans. 



St. Samson. See Jargonelle. 



SALYIATI. — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish. Skin, smooth, deep 

 waxen yellow, mottled with russety spots, and a tinge of red next the 

 sun. Eye, small and open, set in a slight depression. Stalk, an 

 inch and a haK long, slender, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 tender, sweet, and highly perfumed. 



A dessert pear, which is also used in France to make ratafia ; ripe 

 in August and September. The tree is healthy, a vigorous but 

 slender grower ; bears well as a standard, but does not succeed on the 

 quince. 



SANGUINOLE (Sanguinole de Royder, Musguee, ou AJricaine; 

 Sang Rouge ; Grenade; Sanguinole Rouge ; Sanguinole d'Ete). — ^Fruit, 

 medium sized ; turbinate. Skin, smooth, green at first, but changing 

 to yellowish green, and dotted with grey dots on the shaded side, and 

 pale brownish red next the sun. Eye, very large, set in a rather deep 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, red, 

 crisp, juicy, with a sweet and rather insipid flavour. 



A dessert pear, remarkable only for the colour of its flesh ; ripe in 

 August and September. The tree bears well as a standard, is healthy 

 and vigorous, and succeeds either on the pear or quince. 



It is a very old pear, and has been known for some centuries. The earliest notice 

 of it in this country is by Rea, unless the "Blood Red Pear" of Parkinson be the 

 same. 



SANS PEAU {Sldnless ; Fleur de Guignes). — Fruit, below medium 

 size ; pyriform. Skin, very thin, smooth, pale greenish yellow, with 

 sHght marks of red next the sun. Eye, open, with long acuminate 

 segments, and set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender 

 and curved, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, white, very juicy, and 

 melting, with a sweet and aromatic flavour. 



A nice little summer dessert pear ; ripe in August and September. 

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

 standard, and may be grown either on the pear or quince stock. 



Sans Peau d'Ete. See Sans Peau. 



SAEKAZIN. — Fruit, medium sized ; oblong obovate, widest about 

 the middle, and narrowing to both extremities. Skin, at first lively 



