THE PEAR. 495 
Due de Brabant. 
Dumortizr, Thomp. Nois, 
A very excellent little Belgian pear, often. rematkably high 
flavoured. Fruit nearly of medium size, obovate. Skin dull 
yellow marked with russet patches and dots. Stalk nearly two 
inches long, slender, planted without depression. Calyx small, 
open, set in a slight basin. Flesh greenish-white, juicy, melting, 
“exceedingly sugary and rich, with a highly perfumed aromatic 
flavour. It keeps but a short time. September. 
Duruy Cuaries. Berkmans, 
Tree vigorous and fertile, forms a pyramid. = 
