483 
THE PEAR. 
Fruit medium, truncate conic, or pyramidal, angular. Skin 
rough, greenish, covered with small brown dots, becoming yel- 
lowish at maturity. Stalk short and thick, inserted in a small 
uneven cavity at an inclination. Calyx large, set in a shallow, 
furrowed basin. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, melting, sweet, and 
rich, with a fine aromatic perfume. November, December. 
Deuces d’Hardenpont of Angers. 
Tree of moderate growth, productive. 
Fruit medium, roundish, remotely pyriform, sometimes conic. 
Skin greenish, becoming yellowish at maturity, with a warm 
cheek, sprinkled and patched with russet. Stalk short and 
thick, inserted by a ring or lip at an inclination, in a small 
cavity. Calyx small, segments caducous, in a small, uneven 
basin. Flesh whitish, not very fine, nearly melting, juicy, 
sugary, with a pleasant perfume. October, November. 
De Sorlus. Van Mons. 
Bergamotte de Solers. 
Tree o* fine pyramidal habit. 
Fruit obtuse-pyriform. Stem about an inch in length, rather 
stout, planted in a slight depression. Colour light dull green, 
becoming yellow at maturity, with some russet around stem and 
calyx. Flesh white, half melting, middling juicy, flavour pleas- 
ant, but lacks character. November, December. (Wilder’s 
Rep.) 
Desiree Cornelis. Bivort. 
Cornells. 
Tree very vigorous and fertile. Fruit large, pyriform, swelled 
at its centre. Skin bright green, becoming somewhat yellow 
at maturity, spotted and striped with brown, and slightly coloured 
on the sunny side. Flesh white, very fine, melting, and but- 
tery, juicy, sweet, with an agreeable perfume, but not a musk. 
One of the best fruits of its season. August and September. 
(An. Pom.) 
De Tongres. Durandeau. 
Poire Durandeau. 
Tree very productive, of moderate vigour. Fruit very large, 
conic, pyramidal, strongly bossed on its whole surface. Skin 
green, bronzed, becoming deep yellow at maturity, and is 
entirely shaded with brown russet, and striped with red on 
the sunny side. Flesh white, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, 
vinous, and pleasantly perfumed. It is beautiful and excellent, 
and ripens the middle of October, and keeps till the middle of 
November. (An. Pom.) 
