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This is the Madeleine of the French catalogues ; it 

 is also called the Magdalen or St. James's, from its 

 time of ripening. 



Hitt considered this to be what is called the green 

 chissel, but without good reason ; because that is a 

 fruit of inferior quality ; the citron de carmes being 

 only second to the jargonelle. 



The fruit are small, elongated, thickish near the 

 stalk ; colour light green, turning in some seasons 

 to light red on the sun side. The pulp is melting, 

 juicy, and pretty richly flavoured. The tree is an 

 excellent bearer, the fruit growing in clusters. It 

 forms a handsome standard of the third classs, and 

 very suitable for espalier training. The green chissel, 

 above alluded to, is much cultivated for its earliness 

 by market gardeners. Miller describes it under the 

 name of the poire hativieu, or the Hasting pear, 

 commonly called the green chissel. 



3. Gros Blanquet P.— Ripe from the beginning to 

 the middle of August. A good serviceable fruit : 

 full middle size, nearly round, tapering a little towards 

 the stalk, which is short and thick : skin smooth, 

 pale green dashed with faint red, turning yellow as 

 it ripens. The pulp is mellow, juicy, and well fla- 

 voured. The tree is healthy, and ranks in the third 

 class in the orchard, and it is suitable for espalier 

 training. 



There are two other sorts of blanquets, viz. the 

 small fruited, and the long stalked. They are equal 

 in qualities with the above, but inferior in size 5 they 

 are, however, suitable for the market gardener, as 



