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THE PEAR. 
Fondante des Pres. Van Mons. 
A seedling of Yan Mons’. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining 
to pyriform. Stem of middling length, inserted in a corrugated 
cavity. Skin lemon yellow at maturity, with a few traces of 
russet, and a little red next the sun. Flesh white, melting, 
juicy. Flavour sweet and agreeable, with considerable aroma 
October. (Wilder’s Kept.) 
Forelle. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 
Forellen-birne. Poire Truite. Trout Pear. 
Corail. Petit Corail. 
This exquisitely beautiful German pear — called in that lan- 
guage Forellen-birne, i. e ., trout pear, from its finely speckled 
appearance, is one of the most attractive dessert fruits. It 
requires a warm soil and exposure, and well deserves to be 
trained as an espalier. Young shoots long, with few and dark 
coloured branches. 
Fruit oblong-ovate, inclining to pyriform. Skin smooth, at 
first green, but when fully ripe, lemon yellow, washed with rich 
deep red on the sunny side, where it is marked with large, 
margined, crimson specks. Stalk about an inch long, rather 
slender, slightly curved, rather obliquely planted, in a shallow, 
uneven cavity. Calyx rather small, basin abruptly sunk. Flesh 
white, fine grained, buttery, melting, with rich, slightly vinous 
iuice. Beginning of November, and may be kept, with care, till 
Christmas. 
Fleur de Neige. Yan Mons. 
Snow Flower. 
Fruit medium or above, tapering by a mamelon protuberance 
to its junction with the stem which meets it by a fleshy enlarge- 
ment. Calyx small, partially closed, in a small, shallow basin. 
Surface very uneven. Colour yellowish green, mottled with 
thin russet. Flesh somewhat granular and coarse, but sweet and 
high flavoured. Ripens middle of October. 
Florimond Parent. Bivort. 
One of Yan Mons’ seedlings. Tree of moderate vigour and 
fertility. 
Fruit very large, pyramidal, swelled towards its. centre. Skin 
green, pointed and striped with brown russet ; becomes deep 
yellow at maturity. Flesh coarse, melting, juicy, sugary, and 
agreeably perfumed. Ripe at the end of September. (Al. Pom.) 
