PEARS. 



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renders it almost globular ; but occasionally it is pyriform, 

 being twenty lines in height and about seventeen in diameter 

 at the largest part ; but what most characterizes it, is, that the 

 eye placed in a regular formed cavity, is always naked in con- 

 sequence of the divisions of the calyx falling off, which in 

 general remain stationary on other sorts of pears, but which 

 in this case fall at an early period, or at any rate before the 

 maturity of the fruit. The peduncle, which is thirteen or 

 fourteen lines in length, is generally inserted somewhat late- 

 rally, and in a slight cavity, at one side of which is a partial 

 projection ; the skin is greenish for the most part, with a light 

 tinge of russet only next the sun ; the flesh has some firmness, 

 and is enriched with a small degree of pleasant musk flavour, 

 The seeds are light brown, and the fruit ripens in July or 

 early in August. 



LARGE MUSCADEL. Auth. 



Grosse Muscadelle. N. Duh. 



This second French variety of the Muscadelle does not ap- 

 pear to differ from the preceding, except in its turbinate form 

 and its peduncle, which is shorter and larger, and its eye on 

 which the segments of the calyx are commonly persistent. In 

 relation to other points, its size can scarcely be deemed any 

 larger ; the skin is often the same colour, the taste and flavour 

 similar, and it ripens at the same period. 



PERFUMED. Pr. cat. Foe. 



Parfum d'aout. Roz. Duh. 

 August perfume. 



This is a small fruit, nearly pyriform, very much swollen at 

 the base, and terminating pretty regularly in a truncate or 

 obtuse point at the stem, which is eighteen lines in length and 

 somewhat fleshy at its junction with the fruit ; the skin is lemon 



