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PEAKS. 



EGG PEAR. Pe. gat. 



Poire d^muf. Roz. Duh. Pr. cat. 25 ed, 

 Colmar d^ete» 

 Eyer pear. 



Swan's egg. For. Coxe, a very dubious synonyme. 



This fruit is of ovate form, and is nineteen lines in height 

 and fifteen to sixteen in diameter, with a slender stem about an 

 inch long, which is placed in a kind of funnel-shaped cavity ; 

 the skin on the shaded part is yellowish green scattered over 

 with russet touches, and the side next the sun is of a reddish 

 hue ; the flesh is half-melting, sweet, partially musky, and very 

 agreeable to the taste. The seeds have but little colour, and 

 the fruit ripens at the end of August or early in the ensuing 

 month. The tree is but moderately productive, and succeeds 

 only on the pear stock. 



BEZI D'HERY. Pr. cat. Roz. Duh. Mil, 



Besideri, Mil. 

 Besidei'y. Quin. Evel. 

 Bezy d'Hery. For. and others. 

 Wilding of Hery. 



This fruit is in most instances regularly rounded, being 

 from twenty-nine to thirty lines in diameter, and a line less in 

 height, but sometimes it is more elongated, being contracted 

 both at the base and the summit, and attains within a line of 

 three inches in height without any increase in diameter over 

 that already stated. The eye is almost even with the base of 

 the fruit, or placed in a very shallow depression; and the stem, 

 which is fourteen lines in length, rises from a very small cavity. 

 The skin is even and regular, pale green, changing to light 

 yellow at maturity, and on the sun side becomes mottled with 

 red ; . the flesh is firm, half-breaking, rather dry, with a sweet 

 taste, and enriched by an agreeable musky flavour. The 

 seeds are oblong and of a dark brown hue, and the fruit ripens 

 in October and November. 



