FEABS. 519 



Eye, large and open, set in a deep, uneven basin, which ia frequently 

 higher on one side than the other. Stalk, an inch and a half long, 

 inserted without depression. Flesh, buttery and melting, very juicy ; 

 juice cold, brisk, and vinous, like that of Beurre d'Aremberg. 



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

 November. 



De Venus. See Calebasse. 

 Verdette. See Cassolette. 

 Vergaheu Musquee. See Urbaniste, 

 Verlaine. See Oendehien. 

 Verlaine d'Ete. See Gendebien. 

 Vermihon. See Bellissime d'Automne. 

 Vermilion des Dames. See Bellissime d'Automne. 

 Vermilion d'Espagne. See Bellissime d'Hiver. 



VERTB LONGUE {Mouille Bouche ;. Mouille Bouche d'Automne ; 

 New Autumn). — Fruit, medium sized ; pyriform, tapering both towards 

 the eye and the stalk. Skin, smooth and shining, pale green, becom- 

 ing yellowish about the stalk as it ripens, and covered with numerous 

 minute dots. Eye, open, with long acute spreading segments, set in a 

 shallow basin, surrounded with several knobs or prominences. Stalk, 

 an inch and a half long, not depressed. Flesh, white, melting, very 

 juicy, sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A fine old French dessert pear ; ripe in October. 



Verte Longue d'Hiver. See Echassery^ 



VERTB LONGUE PANACHEE {Verte Longue Suisse; Gulotte de 

 Suisse; Bergamotte Suisse Longue ; Poire Brodee; Poire Tulippee). — 

 This is a striped variety of Verte Longue, and differs from the original 

 in having the wood and the fruit striped with green and yellow bands, 

 and sometimes with a reddish tinge in the yellow. The leaves are also 

 occasionally striped with yellow. 



VEEULAM [Black Bemrre ; Buchanan's Spring Bewrre ; Spring 

 Beurre). — Fruit, large; obovate, resembling the Brown Beurre in 

 shape. Skin, dull green, entirely covered with thin russet on the 

 shaded side, and reddish brown thickly covered with grey dots on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, open, set in a shallow basin.. Stalk, an inch 

 long, slender, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh, crisp, coarse-grained, 

 rarely melting, unless grown against a wall in a warm situation, which 

 is a position it does not merit. 



An excellent stewing pear ; in use from January till March. When 

 stewed the flesh assumes a fine brilliant colour, and is richly flavoured. 



VESOFZIERES. — Fruit, small ; roundish, flattened at both ends„ 

 Skin, smooth, of a uniform lemon-yellow colour, marked with a few. 



