THE PEAR. 
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French Jargonelle , because it is most commonly received under 
that name from France, is a higher coloured and handsomer 
fruit than the English Jargonelle, though much inferior in qua- 
lity, and, in fact, lasts only a day or two in perfection, and is 
often mealy and over-ripe, while the exterior is fair and tempting. 
The tree is of very strong, upright growth. Fruit of medium 
size, obovate in form. Skin shining, light green, becoming 
lemon colour, with a very rich, deep red cheek. Flesh white, 
coarse, breaking, sweet, and soon rots at the core. Ripens the 
last of July and first of August. 
Jean" de Witte. Van Mons. 
Fruit medium, oblate, depressed, remotely pyriform, angular, 
and oblique. Skin yellowish-green, dotted, sprinkled, and netted 
with russet, and slightly shaded with fawn or crimson in the 
sun. Flesh white, a little coarse, juicy, melting, with a vinous, 
somewhat peculiarly perfumed flavour. November, December. 
Jersey Gratioli. 
Gracioli of Jersey. 
Tree moderately vigorous and productive. 
Fruit medium, oblate, obconic. Skin rough, greenish, covered 
with russet patches and dots. Stalk large, of medium length, 
inserted at an inclination in a very slight cavity. Calyx set in 
a moderately open, uneven basin. Flesh juicy, nearly melting, 
with a brisk, rich, vinous flavour ; very little gritty at the core. 
Strongly resembles Gansel’s Bergamot in appearance and flavour, 
but more delicate,. September, October. 
Johonnot. Man. 
Originated in the garden of George S. Johonnot, Esq., of 
Salem, Mass. 
The fruit is of medium size, of a roundish and peculiar 
irregular form. Skin very thin, dull yellowish. Stalk short 
and thick, planted by the side of a swollen protuberance. The 
flesh is melting, buttery, and very good. The tree is not very 
vigorous, but it bears good crops, and is in perfection from the 
middle of September to the middle of October. 
Jones’ Seedling. 
Origin Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. 
Fruit medium or below, pyriform, broad at calyx, tapering to 
the stem, which meets it by a fleshy junction. Skin yellow, 
shaded with russet ; bright cinnamon on the sunny side. Calyx 
open, in a broad, shallow, uneven basin. Flesh coarse, granular, 
buttery, sugary, brisk, and vinous. October. 
