610 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



Skin, pale lemon-yellow, covered with numerous small dots and irregular 

 patches of pale ashy grey russet, which are most numerous on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, very small and open, set in a deep basin. 

 Stalk, short and stout, not deeply inserted. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 exceedingly melting, buttery, and juicy, with a rich sugary juice, 

 exactly similar in flavour to Gansel's Bergamot. 



A most dehcious pear ; ripe in October. The tree is quite hardy, 

 and an excellent bearer, forming a handsome pyramid on the pear 

 stock. 



This was raised from Gansel's Bergamot by Andrew Arcedeckene, Esq., of 

 Clavering Hall, Suffolk. 



Sugar Pear. See Andre Joannet. 



SUMMEB ARCHDUKE {Amire Roux; ArcMuc d'Ete; Brown 

 Admiral ; Grosse Ognonnet; Ognonnet Musque). — Fruit, medium sized ; 

 turbinate. Skin, smooth and shining, pale lively green, changing to 

 yellowish green as it ripens, and covered with dark red next the sun, 

 covered with numerous russety dots, and a few patches of russet. 

 Eye, open, with short dry segments, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 about an inch long, stout, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, 

 whitish, juicy, and melting, with a fine aromatic and rosewatsr 

 flavour. 



Ripe in the beginning of August. The tree is vigorous and hardy, 

 a good bearer, and succeeds well as a standard. 



The Summer Rose is also called Ognonnet. 



Summer Bell. See Windsor, 



SUMMER BERGAMOT.— Fruit, small ; roundish. Skin, yellowish 

 green, with brown red next the sun. Eye, set in a wide and shallow 

 depression, Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 juicy, sweet, and well-flavoured, and soon becomes mealy. 



A dessert pear of very ordinary merit ; ripe in August. 



This is not the Summer Bergamot of Miller and Forsyth, but is what is grown 

 in the nurseries about London under that name. 



SUMMER BEURR,E D'AREMBERG.— Fruit, small, two inches 

 wide and the same high ; turbinate, even and smooth in its outline. 

 Skitt, entirely covered with a thin crust of cinnamon-coloured russet. 

 Eye, wanting segments, very deeply set in a narrow hole. Stalk, long, 

 stout, and fleshy, curved, and inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 yellowish, very buttery, tender, melting, and very juicy, sweet, richly 

 flavoured, and with a musky aroma. 



An excellent pear, which ripens in the middle of September. 



It was raisedby Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgworth, and was sent to me in 1863, the 

 first year in which it produced fruit. 



SUMMER BON CHRETIEN (J'tomicg d':6te' ; Gratioli ; Gi-atioH 

 di Boma; Saffran d'Ete). — Fruit, large, pyriform, very irregular and 

 bossed in its outline. Skin, yellow, with a tinge of pale red next the 



