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PEARS. 



ance of being divided in two parts, from which circumstance 

 this pear has received the title of Deux-teies, or Two-headedy 

 which is not however sufficiently precise, and it might better 

 have been called Deux-yeux, or Two-eyed, The skin is 

 smooth and green, approaching to yellow on the shade side, 

 and washed with brownish red next the sun ; the flesh is white, 

 not very delicate, tolerably juicy and slightly perfumed, but 

 often a little tart. The seeds are black, and the fruit ripens 

 at Paris at the end of July. 



SUMMER ST. GERMAIN. Pr. cat. 



Saint Germain d^EU. N. Duh. Van Mons ? 

 Jargonelle, of Provence. 



The skin of this pear is entirely of a fine lemon colour, 

 without any mixture of other shades, except some very small 

 grayish or fawn-coloured specks, which are more or less scat- 

 tered over it ; the fruit is of a very elongated pyriform shape, 

 being three inches and three or four lines in height, and twen- 

 ty-six lines in diameter ; the eye is nearly even with the extre- 

 mity of the fruit, and the stem is twelve to fifteen lines in 

 length, and has almost invariably a somewhat lateral position. 

 The flesh is melting, sweet, and perfumed, with a little acidity 

 in its flavour, which is not at all unpleasant, but assimilates its 

 whole taste very much to that of the Crasanne : the seeds are 

 brown, and the fruit matures early in August. 



In the new edition of Duhamel, where I have found this 

 pear described, it is extolled as a most excellent fruit, whose 

 culture merits to be extended to all the departments of France, 

 it being as yet but partially known and cultivated even in that 

 country. 



BEAUTY OF SUMMER. Auth. 

 Belle d'ete, N. Duh. 



Bellissime d^ete de Provence. Pr. cat. 25 ed. ? 

 This pear is of fine form ; it is globular for two thirds of 



