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PEARS. 



appears, the whole covered with numerous light gray specks. 

 Flesh white breaking, a little gritty, but mellow. Juice 

 saccharine, very excellent, with a little perfume. Ripe the end 

 of October, and good all November. A very handsome new 

 pear, and very excellent when in perfection." — Lind, 



ELTON. Pb. cat. Lond. hort. TiiA>rs. Lixd. 



" Fruit middle-sized, of an oval figure, a little broader 

 towards the crown. Eye very small, nearly free from the 

 segments of the calyx, and very slightly imbedded. Stalk 

 rather stout, straight and deeply inserted. Skin of a greenish 

 russetty gray, with numerous specks of a darker russet, and 

 tinged with orange on the sunny side, which is generally 

 towards the stalk, as the fruit is mostly pendent, from the 

 extremities of the branches. Flesh crisp when in perfection, 

 and of an excellent flavour ; but will be mealy if kept too long 

 upon the tree. Ripe the middle of September, and by gather- 

 ing at different times, may be kept five weeks. Its season 

 generally terminates with the commencement of the Autumn 

 Bergamot. In 18J2, the original tree about one hundred and 

 seventy years of age, was standing in an orchard in the parish 

 of Elton, in Herefordshire, from whence it received its name 

 from Mr. Knight, who thinks it may remain in health three 

 centuries, as it is now in a very vigorous state of growth. It 

 is much better as an open standard, than if cultivated against 

 a wall." — 'Lind. 



MOORFOWL EGG. Pr. cat. Lond. hort. cat. Lind. 



" Fruit rather small, of a globular ovate figure, abruptly 

 tapering from the middle, both to the crown and to the stalk, 

 about two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in 

 diameter. Eye small, open, with a short, slender, strigose 

 calyx, placed in a rather narrow and shallow basin. Stalk 

 one inch and a half long, slightly inserted by the side of a 

 small elongated lip. Skin pale yellow, mixed with green, and 

 tinged on the sunny side with a lively orange-brown, inter- 

 spersed with numerous minute russetty spots. Flesh yellowish 



