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PEARS. 27 



eighteen to twenty-two in diameter, with a stem rather more 

 than an inch long, which rises from a small cavity ; the skin 

 is grayish on the shade side, and slightly reddish next the sun, 

 speckled (tiquete) all over with innumerable points or dots 

 approaching a fawn colour ; the flesh is of a rosy hue, with 

 but little flavour and rather insipid. This fruit ripens about 

 the middle of August, and is a curiosity on account of the 

 colour of its flesh, which it is to be regretted is not of supe- 

 rior quality. 



RED FLOWERING. Pr. cat. 



Sanguine d' Italic. N. Duh. 



Sanguine, of various French publications. 



Poire Italic, 



This pear greatly resembles the preceding ; it is of turbi- 

 nate form, being twenty-six lines in height and twenty-four in 

 its greatest diameter; the eye is placed in a small cavity ; the 

 peduncle is from eight to fourteen lines long and generally 

 inserted somewhat laterally and not exactly at the apex of the 

 fruit ; the flesh is firm, breaking, of a whitish and roseate hue, 

 with some veins of deeper red. It has but little flavour and 

 soon becomes soft. It ripens early in August, and the seeds 

 are of a blackish brown colour. 



FIGUE, OR PETALLESS. Pk. cat. 



Poire Figue. Roz. Duh. 

 Pistolette. 



Blossomless pear, or Pear without blossoms^ 



This fruit is pyriform, but very much elongated, being 

 three inches in height, and but twenty-two lines in diame- 

 ter ; the eye is placed in a slight cavity, and the size of the 

 fruit diminishes towards the stem ; the skin is pretty even and 

 regular, and of a brownish green hue even at its maturity ; 

 the flesh is white, melting, sweet, and pleasant. The seeds 

 are black and oblong, and the tree matures its fruit in Sep- 

 tember. 



