PEARS. 



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open stan(Jards in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick." — 

 hind, 



POIRE DE LOU VAINE. Pb. cat. Lond. hort. cat. Lind. 

 Bezi de Louvain ? 

 " Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, uneven on its surface, 

 three inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter. 

 Eye small, closed with small short segments of the calyx, sunk 

 in a narrow hollow. Stalk half an inch long, curved, obliquely 

 inserted. Skin dull green, mixed with yellow, full of russetty 

 spots, and a little russetted round the eye. Flesh very tender, 

 slightly gritty, and full of a rich, very saccharine, musky juice* 

 Ripe the beginning of October, and fine till the end. This 

 is a very excellent pear, and one of those cultivated in the 

 Horticultural Garden at Chiswick as an open standard. It 

 highly deserves cultivation." — Lind, 



POIRE NEILL. Lo-sD. hort. cat. Lrivn. 

 *' Fruit large, pyramidally turbinate, generall}^ a little flat- 

 tened on its opposite sides, and tapering to the stalk. In 

 some specimens the outer side is considerably more elongated 

 than the inner one next the branch on which it grows, nearly 

 four inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye 

 open, rather deeply sunk in an irregular hollow. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted in a narrow uneven 

 cavit3% Skin pale yellow, intermixed with green, a good deal 

 mottled and marked with thin gray russet. Flesh white, a 

 little gritty, but soft and mellow, abounding with a saccharine 

 and slightly musky juice. Ripe the beginning of October, 

 and good to the end. This very fine and handsome pear is 

 one of those lately introduced from Flanders into the Horti- 

 cultural Garden at Chiswick, where it is grown as an open 

 standard." — Lmd, 



RICHE DEPOUILLE. Pr. cat. Lond. hort. traks. Lind. 

 Riche d^Apoie. Lond. Hort. trans. 

 *' Fruit somewhat resembling the Saint Germain in shape 

 and size, and tapering considerably towards the stalk. Eye 



