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PEAKS. 



UVEDALE'S ST. GERMAIN. Pr. cat. Mil. For. 



Union. Mil. For. 



This is a very large long pear, of a deep green colour, 

 sometimes becoming red next the smi as it approaches matu- 

 rity. It is not suitable for eating, but is a good baking pear, 

 and the tree being a great bearer, the fruit very large, and in 

 season for use from December to April, it merits to be in every 

 collection. 



FORELLE. Pr. cat. Pom. mag. 



Forellen-hirne. Diel, PomoL Christ. 

 Poire Truite, of the French, 

 Ti'out pear. 



Dr. Diel makes the following remarks in regard to this peai'. 



" Long as I have collected fruits and searched the gardens 

 in the neighbourhood of the Rhine for French varieties, I have 

 found none like the Forellen-birne. We may therefore proudly 

 call this a national fruit, which most probably originated in 

 Northern Saxony. It is a real addition to our stock of au- 

 tumn pears, and may compete with the best French dessert 

 kinds, ripening at the same period, and far surpassing them in 

 the length of its keeping in perfection, and in its beauty." 



The Pomological Magazine in referring to these remarks 

 says, that this variety merits the eulogium in all respects, it 

 being a most beautiful fruit, and its quality equal to its ap- 

 pearance. It has obtained its titles of Forelle, Truite, or 

 Trout pear fi-om a fancied resemblance between the specks 

 and colour of its skin and those of the fish so called. 



In England its period of ripening is stated to be from No- 

 vember to January ; it never shrivels, but remains quite melt- 

 ing and firm, until its period of decay arrives ; the tree is very 

 vigorous, and grows upright ; the leaves are small, nearly flat, 

 with the apex a little recurved, and slightly woolly above ; 



