OF WINTER PEARS. 143 



98. BEUREE GRIS D' HIVER. 



JVouveau. 

 Fruit of the medium size, short pyriform, obovate, obtuse. Color greenish, russeted. 

 Stem short. Calyx depression small. Flesh greenish white, fine grained, juicy, rich, 

 subacid. 

 French. New ; promises well. /. /. Thomas. 



99. CATILLAC. Plate 5, fig. 2. 



Fruit of the medium size or rather large, wide turbinate or depressed, its body being quite 

 wide ; height proportionally low. Color yellow or yellowish brown, often ornamented 

 with a brown cheek. Stem rather long and stout, set in a small indentation ; basin 

 large, shallow, and plaited. Flesh firm, hard, becomes tender in cooking, and of a 

 redish color. 

 French. Keeps through the winter. 



100. LAWRENCE. 



Fruit large, symmetrical, obovate, tapering from below the middle to an obtuse base, 

 rounded, and bearing a stem of medium length. Color lemon yellow, variegated with 

 patches of greenish brown russet around the base and crown ; basin plaited. Flesh 

 yellowish white, melting and juicy, sweet, excellent. 

 Keeps till February. New, and promises well. Originated in Flushing, New- York. 



Class II. Length greater than the breadth. 

 Order I. Base acute or subacute. 

 101. KNIGHT'S MONARCH. 

 Fruit large, somewhat oval or obovate, subsymmetrical ; body prolonged to the stem, its 

 side tapering with an equal convexity to a subacute base, (rather obtuse, and may be a 

 'slight depression,) bearing a very short, thick, erect stem, wide at its articulation. Color 

 yellowish brown, stained with red on the sunny side, and thickly sprinkled with gray 

 specks. Calyx open, set in a shallow basin. Flesh yellowish white, melting, buttery; 

 possessing a fine flavor in January. 

 Originated with Mr. Knight, of England. 



