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of the French ; it differs only in being a little smaller, its 

 greatest length is but thirty-six to thirty-eight lines, and its 

 greatest breadth twenty-two. What particularly distinguishes 

 it, is that it appears to have two eyes, which is caused by two 

 sections of the calyx, forming themselves one within the other 

 in such a manner as to divide the eye into two parts, and to 

 give it the appearance of being double ; the flesh is half- 

 melting, with a little sharpness, but of agreeable flavour. In 

 the south of France, this pear ripens as early as the end of 

 June, with us here the period of maturity is July. Rozier 

 places the title of this pear as a synonyme of the Poire a deux 

 tetes, but the New Duhamel describes them as quite distinct, 

 I have followed the latter. 



LARGE CRIMSON. Pr. cat. 



Grosse cremesine, N. Duh. 

 Cremesine, i ed. 

 Crimson. ^ 

 Cremesine d' aout ? 



It is only comparatively with the still smaller variety of this 

 pear, that the present one has received the term of grosse or large, 

 for its height is but twenty-seven lines, and its greatest dia- 

 meter twenty-one lines ; the stem is ten or twelve lines in 

 length, large in comparison with the fruit, and is inserted 

 laterally. The skin is a whitish green in the shade, and of a 

 lighter or darker hue of crimson on the side exposed to the 

 sun. The flesh is somewhat firm, of a high and sugary fla- 

 vour, and the seeds are dark brown or nearly black. The 

 Petite-cremesine only varies from the preceding by being 

 rather smaller and in general not so highly coloured. These 

 two kinds are much cultivated in Provence, (France,) where 

 they ripen in July ; in this latitude they will probably mature 

 their fruit by the first of August. 



