140 Account of the Pears received from the Luxembourg 



ROYALE D'HIVER. 

 Royale d'hiver; Muscat Allemand, Cat. du Lux. p. 35. Royale d'hiver, Du- 

 hameLj torn, n.p. 191, cum Ic. Poitkau, p. 1 18, cum Ic. Jard. Fruit torn. 

 iit p. 120, cum Ic 



This resembles the Colmars in form, but is considerably 

 larger. The flesh is semi-beurre, slightly gritty, and of good 

 flavour. It ripens in January and February. 



Saint Francois. 



Saint Francois; Bonne-amet; Poire de Grillan, Cat. du Lux. p. 35. Saint 

 Francois, De La Quintinye, torn. i. p. 326. 



The Saint Francois is a long tapering Pear, not very unlike 

 the Saint Germain in form. The skin is greenish yellow, 

 thickly sprinkled with brown spots. The flesh is white, soft, 

 with little flavour, but is tolerably good when stewed. 



Saint Germain. 



Saint Germain ; Inconnue la Fare, Cat. du Lux. p. 35. Duhamel, torn. ii. p. 

 cum Ic. Saint Germain; Inconnue de la Fare, De La Quintinye, torn. 

 i. p. 277. Saint Germain, Poiteau, p. 89, cum Ic. Jard. Fruit, torn. iii. p. 

 117, cum Ic. 



Of this Pear there are two varieties in this country, one 

 very inferior to the other, but differing little in appearance. 

 Two sorts are also metioned by Duhamel as having been 

 first noticed by Merlet. Mr. Knight, in a paper in a 

 former Volume of the Society's Transactions* says the spuri- 

 ous variety ripens in December, and decays before the end of 

 January ; the true sort remains in perfection till the latter 

 end of March. There is a good figure of the true sort in 

 the Pomona Londinensis, plate 5. 



* Vol. i. page 226. 



