THE PEAR. 588 
small, brownish-green dots. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery 
sugarv. Corelarge. Ripe early in September. - 
Summer Ross. 
Epine Rose. Dhu, Nois.  Poire de Rose. 
Caillot Rosat d’Eté. Epine d’Eté Couleur Rose. 
Thorny Rose. Mill. Rosenbirne, of the Germans. 
Ogno. ’ 
Epine d’Bte, ; wrongly of some, 
pi 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin faint.yellow, with a red rus 
set cheek. Flesh white, coarse. Last of August, not eatables 
‘Summer Bon Curftren. Mill. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Bon Chrétier @’Eté. 0. Duh, -Musk Summer Bon Chretien. Cove. 
Gratioli. Sommer Apothekerbirne. 
Gratioli até, | 7% — Sommer Gute Christenbirne. | aoe 
Gratioli di Roma. )- *- * Die Sommer Christebirne. Pans 
Summer Good Christian. ; _Large Sugar, of some. 
’ 
This is one of the oldest pears, having been cultivated for 
the last two centuries, all over Europe. It is common with us, 
but the stock is generally somewhat diseased. | 
Fruit large, irregularly bell-shaped or pyriform, with swollen, 
knobby sides. Skin yellow, with an orange-blush. Flesh yel- 
lowish, coarse grained, very juicy, and of a pleasant, simply 
sweet flavour. Last of August, or early in September. 
Surerronpante. Thomp. 
Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin smooth, pale yellow, 
marked with russet. Flesh white, buttery, melting, and good 
October. ; 
Swan's Ecc. Thomp. Lind. 
; Moor-fowl Egg, incorrectly of some Boston gardens. 
Fruit small, oval. Skin pale green, washed with pale brown 
on the sunny side, and dotted with brownish specks. Flesh 
soft, juicy, with a sweet somewhat musky flavour. October. , 
Sytvanez. Nois. Thomp. 
Bergamotte Sylvange. Green Sylvange. Lind. 
Fruit roundish-obovate, shaped like a bergamot. Skin rough, 
pale green, with a slightly darker green cheek. Flesh greenish- 
white, juicy, tender and melting, with a sweet, agreeable 
flavonr. October, and keeps a long time. 
