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inserted in a small oblique cavity. Flesh, white, rather gritty, firm, 

 crisp, and very juicy, with a pleasant, aromatic flavour. 



A dessert pear ; in use from February to April. The tree is vigorous, 

 bears well as a standard, and succeeds well either on the pear or 

 quince. 



Winter Poplin. See Besi de Quessoy. 



WINTEK EOUSSELET {Rousselet d'Hiver).—Fimi, small; pyri- 

 form, considerably resembling the Eousselet de Eheims. Skin, at first 

 bright green, changing to yellowish green as it ripens, and covered 

 next the sun with dark red, strewed all over with numerous brown 

 dots. Eye, small and open, with short rigid segments, and not at 

 all depressed. Stalk, about three-quarters of an inch long, curved 

 and inserted without a cavity. Flesh, white, crisp, and juicy, and of 

 a fine sugary and aromatic flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe from January to March. The tree is vigorous, 

 succeeds well as a standard, either on the pear or quince stock, and is 

 an excellent bearer. The Horticultural Society's Catalogue makes this 

 synonymous with Martin Sec, erroneously. 



WINTER THOEN {Epine d'Hiver; Epine Rose d'Hiver).—Fimt, 

 medium sized ; obovate. Skin, smooth, of a fine green colour, becoming 

 yellowish as it attains maturity, and irregularly covered with greyish 

 brown dots. Eye, small and open, set in an even and considerable 

 depression. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy at the base, inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, whitish, melting, tender, and buttery, with a sweet 

 and agreeable musky flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe from November to January. The tree is 

 healthy, although not a strong grower. A good bearer, and succeeds 

 well either on the pear or quince. De la Quintinye recommends it to 

 be grown on the pear in dry soils, and on the quince where they are 

 less so. Bretonnerie says it is of little merit, unless grown on the 

 quince in a dry soU. 



WINTER WINDSOR {Petworth).—Fimt, large and handsome; 

 obovate-turbinate. Skin, smooth and shining, greenish yellow in the 

 shade, and orange, faintly streaked with brownish red, next the sun, 

 covered all over with minute dots. Eye, large and open, with long, 

 narrow, incurved segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, slender, inserted without depression. Flesh, crisp, juicy, 

 and pleasantly flavoured. 



A showy pear of little merit, which rots at the core in November. 



This is a very old English variety, being mentioned by Parkinson and by almost 

 all the authors of the seventeenth century. 



YAT {Yutte). — ^Fruit, below medium size; obtuse-pyriform. Skin, 

 thickly covered with brown russet, and sprinkled with numerous grey 

 specks, sometimes with brownish red, when fully exposed to the sun. 

 Eye, small and open, with short segments, set in a shallow basin. 



