PEARS. 



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LITTLE BLANQUET. Pr. cat. Evel. For, 



Petite hlanquette. N. Duh. 



Petit blanquet: Quin. Roz, Duh. 



Poire a la perle, Roz. syn. Duh. syn, 



Blanquet petit. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Pearl pear. 



Little blanket , Mil. 



Musk blanquet, or Blanquette. MiL 



Small Blanquet. 



White pear. Evel. 



This fruit is pyriform, eighteen lines in height by thirteen 

 in breadth ; the skin is very smooth and yellowish white ) the 

 flesh is half-breaking, white, with a slight musk flavour and of 

 pleasant taste. The seeds are well formed and of a light 

 brown hue, and the fruit ripens the first part of August. The 

 tree can be ingrafted on the quince or pear, and is very vigo- 

 rous and fruitful. 



HASTIVEAU. Pr. cat. Roz. Duh. 



Mativeau. Coxe. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Hativeaux. Jard. fruit. 



Hativau. Lond. Hort. Soq. cat. 



Green Chisel. For. and the modern English authors T 



This pear, which is of turbinate form a little flattened, usually 

 measures fifteen lines in diameter, and thirty-four in height, 

 and has a slender stem, whose length is disproportionate to 

 the fruit, and often measures eighteen lines* The skin is very 

 even, and entirely of a light yellow hue except on the suri side, 

 where it has some touches of bright red. The flesh is half 

 melting and musky, but nevertheless has but little flavour ; 

 the seeds are black and well formed, and the fruit ripens 

 about the middle of July, the tree produces abundantly, and 

 may be propagated on both pear and quince stocks. I have 

 already stated my reasons for the supposition that this may be 

 the pear at present known in England as the Green GhiseL 



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