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PEARS. 



SMALL SUMMER THORN. Pr. cat. 



Petite epine d'itl. Dah. Pr. cat. 25 ed, 

 Fondante musquie. Roz. Duh. syn. 

 Epine d^ete petite. 

 Epine d^ete. Roz. 

 Satin vert, 



Bergiarda. Die. d'Agric. syn. 



This pear is of an exact pyramidal form, being twenty-three 

 or twenty-four lines in height and twenty-five lines in breadth ; 

 the peduncle is swollen or enlarged at the point of its junction, 

 and that part of it becomes somewhat fleshy ; the eye is nearly 

 or quite even with the surface of the fruit ; the skin even at 

 maturity, is of a light green hue and perfectly smooth, but in 

 some few cases acquires a slight tint of dull red on the sunny 

 side ; the flesh is half-melting, replete with sweet juice, which 

 also possesses a most agreeable perfume. The seeds are light 

 brown, and the fruit ripens the beginning of August. 



GREAT SUMMER THORN. Auth. 



Grande ^pine d^ete. N. Duh. 



This fruit is three to three and a half inches in height, and 

 twenty-four to twenty-eight lines in its greatest diameter ; it is 

 rounded at the base and pointed at the summit ; the skin is 

 delicate, almost wholly a yellowish green, and scattered over 

 with numerous small dots of a deeper shade of the same colour; 

 the flesh is half-melting and of a very agreeable musk flavour ; 

 the seeds are very dark brown, and the fruit ripens at the end 

 of August or beginning of September. 



SUMMER THORN OF THOULOUSE. Auth. 



Epine d^Et6 de Thoulouse. N. Duh. 



This pear diflers from the preceding in being of a turbinate 

 form, of smaller size and more melting. It scarcely exceeds 



