494 THE PEAR. 
partially open, set in a broad shallow basin. Flesh juicy, melt 
ing, with a good vinous flavour. Ripens last of August, 
Ducuessz pE Brasant. Durieux. 
Tree very vigorous. Fruit of good size, turbinate, pyriform, 
sometimes elongated. Skin rough, bright green, becoming mo- 
derately yellow at ripening, much shaded with bright russet. 
Flesh whitish yellow, fine, melting, juice abundant, sugary, vi- 
nous, finely perfumed. Fruit of the first quality, ripening at the, 
end of October. (An. Pom.) a 
Doucuussz p’Ancovuteme. Lind. Thomp. 
Beurre Soule. 3 
A magnificent large dessert pear, sometimes weighing a 
pound and a quarter, named in honour of the Duchess of An- 
gouléme, and said to be a natural seedling, found in a forest 
hedge, near Angers. When in perfection, it is a most delicions~ 
fruit of the highest quality. We are compelled to add, however, 
that the quality of ie fruit is a little uncertain on young stand- 
ard trees. On the quipce, to which this sort seems well adapt- 
ed, it is always fine. The tree is a strong grower, the shoots 
upright, light yellowish-brown, and it is, deserving trial in all 
warm dry soils.” F i 
Fruit very large, oblong-obovate, with an uneven, somewhat 
knobby surface. Skin dull greenish-yellow, a good deal streak- 
ed and spotted with russet. Stalk one to two inches long, very 
stout, bent, deeply planted in an irregular cavity. Calyx set in 
a somewhat knobby basin. Flesh white, buttery, and very jui- 
cy, with a rich and very excellent flavour. October. 
. 
Duc pz Brasant, 
. Desirée Van Mons. Beurre. Charneuse 
Fondante des Charneuse. Waterloo. 
Miel d’ Waterloo. Belle Excellente, 
Jamin, 
‘Free hardy, vigorous, productive, and -equally suited with 
light or tenacious soil. roa 
Fruit large, oval, pyriform, tapering from centre to base and 
apex, angular. Skin greenish, shaded with crimscn on the sun- 
ny side, and thickly sprinkled with greenish dots Stalk long, : 
‘curved, and twisted, somewhat fleshy at its insertion, in a vert 
small cavity. Calyx large and open, segments persistent, in an 
" irregular ribbed basin. Flesh whitish green, very juicy, buttery 
é pe with a refreshing vinous flavour. October, Novem 
er.” : 
