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Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, fine-grained, buttery and melting, rich and sugary. 



An excellent early pear ; ripe in September. The tree succeeds 

 well as a standard, is a good bearer, and grows best on the pear 

 stock. 



This was at ono time much grown in this country, but is now rarely met with. 

 Miller was in error in making the Summer Bergamot of English gardens synony- 

 mous with this, and Forsyth and Lindley have equally erred in following him. 



SUMMEE EOSE [Epine Base ; Ognonnet ; Base ; Thorny Ease). — 

 Fruit, medium sized ; oblate, and handsomely shaped. Skin, yellowish 

 green, becoming niore yellow as it attains maturity, with markings of 

 russet on the shaded side, and bright reddish purple, covered with 

 greyish brown specks, next the sun. Eye, open, set in a wide and 

 shallow basin. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, and inserted 

 in a small round cavity. Flesh, whitish, half-melting, gritty at the 

 core, tender, juicy, sugary, with a pleasant, refreshing, and musky 

 flavour. 



A fine summer pear ; ripe in August. The tree is healthy and 

 vigorous, and an excellent bearer. Succeeds well as a standard either 

 on the pear or quince. 



SUMMEE ST. GEEMAIN {8t. Germain d'Ete; St. Germain de 

 Martin ; Short's St. Gm-main). — Fruit, medium sized ; ohovate. Skin, 

 greenish pale yellow, mottled and speckled with brown russet. Eye, 

 open, with dry membranous, cup-like segments, set in a narrow and 

 sfight depression. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, slightly curved, 

 and obliquely inserted in a small cavity ; swollen at the base, and with 

 a fleshy lip on one side of it. Flesh, juicy, slightly gritty and astringent, 

 with a brisk, sweet, and rather pleasant flavour. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of August. 



SUMMEE THOEN (Biogiarda; Epine d'Ete; Couleur de Rose; 

 Epine d'Ete Vert ; Fondante Musque). — Fruit, medium sized ; pyiiform 

 or long-pyriform, and rounded at the apex. Skin, smooth, and covered 

 with greenish russet dots, green in the shade, but yellowish next the 

 sun and towards the stalk. Eye, small, open, with long broad seg- 

 ments, set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, curved, 

 and obliquely inserted without any depression. Flesh, white, melting, 

 juicy, and of a rich, musky flavour. 



It is an excellent autumn pear ; ripe in September, but does not 

 keep long, as it soon becomes mealy. The tree is vigorous, a good 

 bearer, succeeds well as a standard either on the pear or quince, but 

 prefers the latter. 



Supreme. See Windsor. 



SUEPASSE CEASANNE.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 half wide and the same high ; roundish turbinate. Skin, completely 

 covered with dark cinnamou-ooloured russet, even on the shaded side. 



