518 THE PEAR. 
basin. Flesh whitish, somewhat coarse and granular, juicy 
buttery and melting, with a sweet, rich, perfumed flavour 
_ September. 
La Hérarp. Van Mons, 1825. 
Fruit above medium, obovate, obtuse-pyriform. Calyx closed, 
deeply sunk. Stalk rather stout and long, in a depression. 
Colour pale lemon-yellow, with a brownish-red cheek next the 
sun. Flesh white, melting, juicy; flavour rich, pleasant sub- 
acid; excellent. Ripens; first to middle of October. (Wilder 
in Hort.) ; 
Las Cawas. 
Bon Parent. Bouvier. 
Fruit medium, elongated turbinate, or acute-pyriform, insen- 
sibly joining the fleshy insertion of the stem which is nearly an 
inch long. Skin greenish-yellow, with numerous brown dots 
and a few russet patches. Calyx small, open, set in an even, 
russet basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, sweet, aromatic, some. 
what astringent. October. 
La Jurve. (Esperen.) 
A vigorous pyramidal tree, branches long and bright. 
Fruit medium, turbinate. Skin marbled with brown and 
green, brightly shaded on the sunny side. Stalk long, inserted 
ina small cavity. Calyx irregular, set in a slight basin. Flesh 
half fine, melting, juicy, sugary; pleasantly perfumed ; first qua- 
lity. November. (Al. Pom.) 
Laure pe Giymzs. Bivort. 
A tree of moderate growth, but productive. Fruit medium, 
or large, turbinate, oval, pointed towards the stem. Skin very 
rough, light green, but becomes almost entirely covered with 
russet and light orange in the sun. Flesh white, half buttery, 
melting, juicy, sugary, and highly perfumed. Ripe middle of 
September to middle of October. (Al. Pom.) 
Leopotp I. Bivort. 
Tree of moderate vigour. Fruit large, turbinate, pyriform, 
Skin smooth, green, spotted with brown russet. Flesh whitish- 
yellow, melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, and strongly perfumed, 
Pony the middle of December, and keeps till January. (AL 
Pom. we: 
Lzon te Crerc. Louvain. 
Tree of moderate growth, very productive. 
Fruit large, pyriform. Skin russet, on greenish-yelluw 
ground, Stalk long and curved, inserted in a slight cavity by 
