PEARS. 



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SAINT-PERE. DuH. 



^aint'Pair. Roz. syn. Duh. syn. 

 Holy Father. 



The form of this fruit is pyriform, or we may rather say 

 pyramidal ; it is three inches in height and thirty-three lines in 

 diameter ; the eye is situated within a slight depression, and 

 the stem, which is six to twelve lines in length, is inserted 

 within a very small cavity ; the skin, which is green before 

 maturity, becomes yellowish when that period arrives, and the 

 side next the sun acquires a tint of dull red ; the flesh is dry 

 and rather firm, but tender notwithstanding when fully ripe, 

 and of a bland flavour ; when cooked it makes excellent com- 

 potes ; the seeds are brown and oblong, covered at the point 

 and a little above with a small membrane ; the fruit ripens in 

 March, and may be kept till in J une. I have transcribed the 

 foregoing description from the New Duhamel. In the ori- 

 ginal edition of that work this pear is not stated to be as large 

 as the dimensions here given it, being there recorded as mea- 

 suring twenty-six lines in diameter and twenty-eight in height. 



PASTORALE, Pr. cat. Roz. Duh. Mil. Foe. 



Musette d'automne. Quin. ? Roz, syii. Duh. syn. Mil. syn. 

 Pastourelle. Quin. ? Evel. ? 

 Bagpipe of Autumn. Evel. ? 

 Petit Rateau. 



This fruit is two inches six to eight lines in diameter, and 

 three inches four to eight lines in height ; it is of a pretty re- 

 gular pyramidal form, diminishing a little in size at the head, 

 where the eye is placed nearly even with tlie fruit, the part next 

 the stem is elongated and its si^e lessens pretty regularly — it 

 is not pointed, but rounded at the extremity, where the stem, 

 which is twelve to fourteen lines in length, is inserted even 

 with the surface of the fruit, and sometimes upon a kind of 



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