548 THE PEAR. 
markable for its uprightness, and the great beauty and vigcmr 
of its growth. Young shoots light brown. 
Fruit of medium size, pyriform, tapering to the stalk, to 
which it. joins by fleshy rings. Skin pale clear yellow, with a 
few grey specks. Stalk an inch and a half long, curved. Ca- 
lyx rather small, open, set in a shallow basin. Core small, 
.Flesh white, buttery and juicy, with a rich, sprightly flavour. 
Sr, Anpr&. Man. in H. M. 
Imported by Mr. Manning, from the Brothers Baumann, of 
Bolwyller. Wood cankers. 
Fruit medium, obovate. Skin light. greenish-yellow, some 
what dotted with red. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery, melt- 
ing, ae excellent. Early in September. Fruit sometimes 
cracks, 
Sr. German. O. Duh. Lind. Thomp. 
St. Germain Gris, St. Germain Jaune. 
Inconnue la Fare. 
This is a well-known old French variety. The tree is rather 
a slow grower, with a dense head of foliage,—the leaves nar- 
row, folded, and curved; the wood slender, and light olive co- 
loured. ; 
__ Fruit large, pyriform, tapering regularly from the crown to 
the stalk. Skin yellowish-green, marked with brownish specks | 
on the sunny side, and tinged with a little brown when ripe. 
Stalk an inch long, strong, planted obliquely by the side of a 
small, fleshy swelling. Calyx open, set in a shallow basin: 
Flesh white, a little gritty, but full of refreshing juice, melting, 
sweet, and agreeable in flavour. November and December. 
‘The Srrirep Germain (Si. Germain Panachée) is a pretty 
variety of this fruit, differing only in being externally striped 
with yellow. , 
Sr. Germain, Prince’s. Pom. Man. Thomp. 
Brown St. Germain. § New St. Germain. 
Prince’s St. Germain is a seedling from the foregoing pear, 
raised at Prince’s nurseries, at Flushing, about forty years ago. 
It.is a most thrifty and hardy tree, with dark reddish-brown 
shoots. The fruit keeps as well as a russet apple, is uniformly 
good, and is certainly one of the best late. pears when under 
good cultivation. It is much more esteemed in the Eastern 
States than the old St. Germain. j 
Fruit of medium size, obovate, inclining to oval. Skin near- 
ly covered with brownish russet over a green ground, and be- 
coming dull red ‘next the sun. Stalk an inch or more long, a 
