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PEARS. 



at the end df September. The tree can be ingrafted on ei- 

 ther the pear or quince, and is one of the varieties cultivated 

 at the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



ROUSSELINE. Pr. cat- Roz. Duh. Mil. Fob. 



Poire Rousseline. Duh. Mil. 

 Russelin. Quin. ? Evel. ? 



Muscat d longue queue de la Jin d^automne, } ^yj-j ^ ^ 

 Long stalked muscat of the end of autumn, )^ • j ' 

 Brutte honne, of some English gardens, erroneously. 



The shape of this pear is pretty nearly pyriform, being 

 thirty lines in height and twenty-two in its greatest diameter, 

 and it is supported by a peduncle which is often near two 

 inches in length ; some portion of the skin is yellow, but that 

 colour is but partially apparent, as three-fourths and often 

 nearly the whole surface is covered with large spots of russet^ 

 which by being nearly connected with each other, give the whole 

 fruit the appearance of being of that colour ; the flesh is melt- 

 ing, of a sweet and very musky flavour, which has a very 

 great afiinity to that of the Rousselet ; the seeds are brown 

 and generally pretty perfect, and the fruit ripens in the month 

 of November. 



CARDINALE. N. Duh. Poit. et Turp. 



This is a very beautiful fruit on account of its regular form 

 and brilliant colouring ; it is three inches and a half in height, 

 and a little less than three inches in diameter ; the skin at ma- 

 turity is yellow where it is shaded and washed with bright red 

 next the sun, besides being marked over the whole surface with 

 a great number of small round dots, which become brown 

 upon the yellow part, and gray upon the red ; the flesh is half- 

 breaking, considerably melting, sweet, and agreeable ; the 

 most of the seeds are abortive, those which are perfect are 

 short, well matured, and brown, particularly at the apex. This 

 fruit keeps until March, and is as yet but seldom to be met 

 with, even in France, 



