320 PEAR. 



as Spanish oak ; or if in jars, these should be 

 glazed. 



35. Chaumonteile P. — Fit to g-ather from the 

 middle of November to the end of Decenjber. This 

 pear has always borne a high character as a winter 

 fruit, and is met with in most gardens. The fruit 

 are large, oblong, and irregularly shaped, having 

 several longitudinal ridges more or less conspicuous ; 

 the eye small and hollow; the stalk short, and deeply 

 inserted. The skin is somewhat rough, purplish 

 next the sun, and darkish green where shaded. The 

 pulp is melting, but not so delicate as the beurr^s; 

 but the juice is plentiful and well flavoured. The 

 tree forms a standard of the third-class ; but requires 

 some assistance, when young, to keep its first dan- 

 gling shoots upright. A common pear stock, and a 

 place on a west wall, seems to be most suitable for 

 it. Every care should be bestowed to keep this fruit 

 as long as possible, for which ample directions have 

 previously been given under Apple. 



36. Pedtt Beiirred' Hiver P, — Or the small winter 

 beurr^, ripens about the end of November, and keeps 

 sometimes to the end of February. The fruit are 

 small and round, tapering bluntly to the stalk, which 

 is very short, and deeply inserted. The eye small 

 and inconspicuous. The skin is rough, and of a dull 

 greenish yellow covered with many red spots. The 

 pulp is of a soft buttery consistence, abounding with 

 a rich and agreeable juice of a peculiar flavour. The 

 tree forms a fine healthy standard of the second class 

 in the orchard ; and in Scotland, or the north of 



