PEARS. 



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two inches in height, and its diameter is twenty-two lines, with 

 a short stem, which is swollen at the part next the stalk, and 

 likewise a little so at the other end where it unites with the 

 fruit. The skin is greenish and not very even, on account of 

 the dots and some grayish specks scattered here and there over 

 its surface ; the flesh is very melting and sweet, with a little 

 sharpness of flavour, which however is agreeable. The seeds 

 are dark brown, and the fruit matures at the same period as 

 the preceding. 



SAPIN. Roz. DuH, 

 Coquillarde. 



This is a small pyriform fruit, flattened at its head, where 

 the eye is placed in a pretty wide cavity of moderate depth ; 

 the size of the fruit diminishes regularly, and terminates in an 

 obtuse point at the stem, which is nearly an inch in length ; 

 the skin is at first of a bright green hue, but becomes yellow 

 at perfect maturity ; the flesh is white and rather coarse, with 

 but little juice — it is sHghtly perfumed, but does not possess 

 much flavour ; the seeds are dark brown, and the fruit ripens 

 at the end of July. 



DOUBLE HEADED. Evel. Pr. cat« 



Two headed. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 

 Poire a deux tetes. Roz. Duh. 



Deux tetes. 

 Double calice. 



Double headed. 



This fruit is of a turbinate shape, and but seldom well and 

 regularly formed ; it is twenty-six lines in height and twenty- 

 five in diameter, with a large stem varying from ten to twenty 

 lines in length, and often somewhat fleshy at its junction — it 

 is inserted obliquely in the fruit, and partly covered on one 

 side by a fleshy excrescence terminating nearly in a point ; the 

 eye is placed in a raised position, formed by a number of small 

 swellings or projections ; it is large and oval, with the appear- 



