PEARS. 



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APPLE.PEAR. Alth. 



Poif'e pomme. Duh. 



The form of this pear is not regular — it resembles an apple 

 disproportionately rounded in its diameter, larger towards the 

 eye than towards the stem, which is itself large, short, and in- 

 serted in a deep cavity of not much breadth, surrounded with 

 projections ; the eye is small, contracted, and sunk in a de- 

 pression whose circumference is covered with protuberances ; 

 the whole surface of the fruit is uneven, and the skin is a fine 

 yellow colour, interspersed with very small russet specks ; the 

 flesh approaches to delicate at full maturity, and is of pleasant 

 flavour. This fruit, according to M. Le Berryais, will keep 

 two years, from whose manuscripts the editors of the New 

 Duhamel state they have described this as well as the preced- 

 ing variety* 



COLMAR. Pe. cat. Duh. Mil. For. 



Colmart. Roz. Mil. syn. Coxe. 



Colmars. Jard, fruit. 



Poire de Colmar. N. Duh. Mil. 



Poire Manne. Roz. syn. Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 



Manna, and Manne. Mil. syn. and others. 



Belle et bonne. 



Bersamotte tardive, ) j 

 LMeBergamoU \ Mil. syn. and others. 



Winter Bergamot, of some English gardens. 

 Pear d'Auch. For. and others. 



The shape of this pear is pyramidal and somewhat truncate 

 at the base ; it is thirty-two to thirty-three lines in diameter at 

 the largest part, and about three inches in height ; the stem, 

 which is fifteen or sixteen lines in length, is often inserted even 

 with the extremity of the fruit, and in other cases placed at the 

 bottom of a pretty deep cavity, surrounded by several projec- 

 tions ; the skin, which is at first green, acquires at the time of 

 maturity a slightly yellowish tint — all its surface is speckled 



