THE PEAR. 
539 
Retour de Rome. Yan Mons. 
Fruit medium, oblate, very much depressed, obscurely pyri- 
form, angular. Skin yellowish, blotched with russet, and 
thickly sprinkled with russet dots. Stalk short, and stout at 
its insertion in a small inclined cavity. Calyx partially closed, 
in a round narrow basin. Flesh whitish, coarse, granular, 
melting, juicy, with a rich vinous flavour, slightly astringent. 
September. 
