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PEARS. 



usually about three inches long, and two inches and a quarter 

 in diameter. Eye narrow. Stalk half an inch long, inserted 

 without any cavity. Skin smooth, pale green, sprinkled with 

 a few gray specks. Flesh melting. Juice plentiful, saccha- 

 rine, with a good deal of musky flavour. Ripe in November, 

 and will keep till Christmas." — Lind* 



LENT ST. GERMAIN, Lond. hort. cat. Liro). 



Easter Saint Germain, of some gardens. 



" Fruit pretty large, of an oblong figure, broadest in the 

 middle, and tapering to each extremity. Eye small, and 

 prominently seated. Stalk an inch long, slender, obliquely 

 inserted under an elongated lip. Skin pale green, full of 

 small white specks. Flesh firm and breaking, with a very 

 good flavoured juice. In eating in March and April. This, 

 although not a high-flavoured pear, deserves cultivation, as 

 it comes into eating when most winter pears are gone." — 



TILLINGTON. Pr. Cat. Load. hort. trans. Lind. 



Fruit of the shape and size of the Gray Doyenne, but 

 more perfectly rounded at the crown ; about two inches and 

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

 Stalk short, fleshy at its insertion. Skin dull green on its 

 shaded side, but of a dull brick-dust red where exposed to the 

 sun, the whole a good deal russetted. Flesh white, nearly 

 buttery, with a little grit at the core, particularly rich and 

 sweet, though not very juicy. Ripe the middle of November, 

 and will keep a considerable time without spoiling. This 

 hardy pear, for orchard purposes, was raised from the seed of 

 an autumn Bergamot, the blossom of which had been impreg- 

 nated with the Epargne, in the village of Tillington, near 

 Hereford. Its fruit was sent to the Horticultural Society by 

 Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle, in the autumn of 1820, the 

 first year of the tree producing fruit*" — Lind, 



