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PEARS. 



DARIMONT. LoND. hort. cat. Lind. 



" Fruit middle-sized, oblong, in some specimens slightly 

 pyramidal, tapering a little towards the stalk, about three 

 inches long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye 

 small, open, the segments of the calyx generally falling off 

 before the fruit is fully grown, placed in a very narrow shal- 

 low depression, and surrounded by a few slightly radiated 

 plaits. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, inserted in a 

 small uneven cavity, sometimes obliquely inserted under a 

 small elongated lip. Skin a complete yellowish gray russet, 

 sprinkled with numerous scabrous specks. Flesh white, gritty, 

 but melting, with a saccharine, slightly musky, and somewhat 

 astringent juice. Ripe the end of September and beginning 

 of October. This is another of the new Flemish pearsj grown 

 in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open stand- 

 ard."— 



BILLEN. Pe. cat. Lond. hort. trans. Lind. 

 Gros Dillen. Lond. Hort. cat. and of other catalogues. 

 " Fruit ovate, irregularly turbinate, about three inches and 

 a half long, and nearly three inches in diameter. Eye flat. 

 Stalk short and thick. Skin yellowish green, slightly speckled 

 with brown. Flesh white, with a slight musky flavour, and 

 very little core. Ripe early in October, and will keep a few 

 weeks. A fine buttery pear of the first order, and very hand- 

 some. It was received by the Horticultural Society from Dr. 

 Van Mons, of Brussels, in 1817." — Lind, 



DOYENNE PANACHE. Pr. cat. Loivd. hort. trans. Lind, 

 Striped Doyenne. Pr. cat. 

 "Fruit in form the same as the Gray Doyenne, but tapers 

 a little more towards the stalk. Skin a bright, clear yellow, 

 faintly striped with green and red, and sprinkled all over with 

 small russetty brown dots. Flesh white, melting, sweet, and 

 very agreeable, but is not so high-flavoured as the Gray Doy- 

 enne. In eating from October till Christmas."-— Z^iw<^. 



