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PEARS. 



prominent. Stalk one inch and a half long, rather thick. 

 Skin of a clear citron yellow, with a sUght tinge of bright red 

 on the sunny side, a little mottled with russet, and rough like 

 the skin of an orange. Flesh white, melting, not perfumed, 

 but sweet and very pleasant. Ripe in the autumn and winter 

 months. This succeeds on both the pear and the quince. 

 Raised some years ago on the continent, and was brought 

 into this country under the name of Riche d'Apoie." — Lind. 



URBANISTE. Pr. cat. Lo^^D. hort. trans. Lind. 



" Fruit pyramidally ovate, very even in form, but compressed 

 4;owards the stalk ; about three inches and a half long, and two 

 inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye a little sunk in a 

 very narrow crown. Stalk an inch long, obliquely inserted in a 

 moderately deep cavity. Skin pale green inclining to yellow, 

 profusely sprinkled with greenish specks, with small patches of 

 gray russet dispersed over its whole surface, but more particu- 

 larly round the eye and the stalk. Flesh white towards the 

 outside, but deepens to a reddish yellow next the core, which 

 is large, and possesses a small quantity of grit ; it is, never- 

 theless, quite melting, juicy, and very sweet, with a little 

 perfume. Ripe the end of September and the beginning of 

 October. Raised by the Count de Coloma, of Malines, and 

 specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the Horticultural 

 Society from that gentleman in 1823." — Lind* 



FLEMISH BONCHRETIEN. Lind. 



Bon Chretien nouvelle espece. Hort. Gard. col. 



" Fruit large, oblong, turbinate, tapering towards the stalk, 

 where it is slightly compressed; about four inches and a half 

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

 with a very short calyx, sunk in a rather shallow, round, even 

 depression. Stalk one inch and a half long, embossed next 

 the fruit, a little curved, and obliquely inserted under an 

 elongated single or double lip ; in some specimens which are 

 more conical, the stalk is direct and straight, and not obliquely 



