PEARS, 



25 



twenty or twenty-one lines in length ; the skin is smooth, 

 yellowish green on the shade side, and red or russet on the side 

 next the sun ; the flesh is firm, breaking, and of a very plea- 

 sant musk flavour. In Provence it ripens in July, and here 

 will mature in August. 



ANGEL PEAR. Pjr. cat. 



Poire d^ange. Roz. Dub. 



This fruit is of turbinate form, its height being twenty-one 

 lines and its diameter eighteen ; the eye is pretty large, and 

 situated almost even with the fruit ; the stem, which is seven- 

 teen lines in length, is slender and surrounded by projections 

 at its junction ; the skin is yellowish green ; the flesh half- 

 breaking, rather delicate and very musky. The seeds are 

 black, and the fruit ripens the beginning of August. 



MUSK DRONE. Pr. cat. Mil. For. 



Bourdon musquee. Roz. Duh. Mil. Pr. cat. 2.'> ed. 

 Bourdon, or Humble bee pear ? 

 Orange d^et^^ 

 Drone. Mil. 

 Musky Bourdon, 



This pear is of a round shape, almost globular, a little flat- 

 tened at the base, its height is seventeen lines and its breadth 

 eighteen or nineteen ; the eye is tolerably large and placed in 

 the centre of a pretty broad cavity ; sometimes the upper end 

 is rather contracted, assuming the form of a top ; the skin is 

 light green, scattered over with small points of a darker shade 

 of the same colour ; the flesh is white, breaking, with consi- 

 derablejuice, which possesses a musky flavour and some sweet- 

 ness. The seeds are large and black, and the fruit matures in 

 July; the tree is very productive, and can be ingrafted either 

 on the pear or quince. 



4 



