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PEARS. 



twenty-seven lines in diameter. The eye is but partially depres- 

 sed, being nearly even with the fruit ; and the stem, which is 

 large and six or seven lines in length, is inserted at the bottom 

 of a small cavity. 



The skin is very thin, of a brownish green, becoming some- 

 what paler at its maturity, scattered over with very small dots 

 of a darker shade of brownish green, and raised here and there 

 by pimples, and sometimes by very projecting warts. The 

 flesh is white, breaking, not gritty, of an exceeding musky and 

 very agreeable flavour. The seeds are brown, oblong, pointed, 

 and well matured, and are contained in broad cells. This 

 fruit ripens in February, March, and April. The tree is rather 

 vigorous, and may be grafted on both pear and quince. 



I have also a variety in my collection which was sent to me 

 from one of the first establishments in France, under the title 

 of Orange rouge hyver^ but whose fruit I have not yet 

 seen. 



STRIPED ORANGE. Pr. cat. 



Orange tnlipee. Roz. Duh. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Poire tulipee, Quin. Mil. 



Poire aux mouches. Quin. Roz. Duh. syn. 



Taliped or Fly pear. Evel. 



Sigarrade. Mil. For. 



Tulip pear — Great orange, } j^j- j 



La villaine d^Anjou, ^ ' 



This fruit is of oval form, terminating in a point at the stem, 

 and resembling the Doyenne family, consequently its height 

 exceeds its diameter more or less. The former usually mea- 

 sures near three inches, and the latter two inches and six lines. 

 The stem is large and short, often only six lines in length, and 

 is situated in a cavity, surrounded with some small projections. 

 The eye is in a pretty broad and deep depression. The skin 

 is green on the shade side, and ^jrownish red next the sun, with 

 some red stripes between the red and the green. The whole 

 surface is also covered with grayish spots, which render it 

 somewhat rough to the touch. The flesh is half-breaking, 

 succulent, and of rather pleasant taste, although there is a little 



