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THE PEAR. 
Franc Real d’Hiyer. Thomp. 
Franc Real. Lini. 0. Dull. Fin Or d’Kiver. 
The Winter Franc Real is a good cooking pear, hears well, 
and grows upright, with wavy leaves. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish. Skin yello> speckled with 
russet brown, and having a brownish cheek. Flesh crisp and 
firm. In use from December to March. 
Frederic de Wurtemburg. Yan Mons. Nois. 
Frederick of Wurtemburg. Vermilion d’lSte. 
One of Yan Mons’ seedlings; a very handsome and sometimes 
very good fruit, but often poor; growth unthrifty. 
Fruit large, one-sided, pyriform, rather uneven in its surface. 
Skin deep yellow at maturity, with a remarkably rich crimson 
cheek. Flesh white, juicy, melting and sweet; and when in 
perfection, buttery and delicious. September. 
Gendesheim. Thomp. Lind. 
A Flemish pear, of not very good quality. 
Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform. Skin pale greenish-yellow, a 
little russet. Flesh rather gritty near the core, elsewhere but- 
tery. October and November. 
Gilo gil. Lind. Thomp. 
Gile-o-gile. Garde d’Ecosse. 
Poire a Gobert. Jilogil. 
A large, showy French pear, only fit for cooking. 
Fruit large, roundish. Skin thickly covered with russet, with 
a reddish-russet cheek. Flesh very firm and crisp. November 
to February. 
Great Citron of Bohemia. Man. in H. M. 
Citronenbirne Bomiscke grosse, punctirte. Baum. Gat. 
bruit small, oblong, yellow. Flesh sugary, juicy, a little coarse- 
grained, and not much flavour. Ripens the last of September. 
Green Pear of Yair. Thomp. 
Green Vair. 
The green pear of Yair is a European fruit, which proves 
but little worthy of cultivation here. 
Fruit of medium size, obovate ; skin green ; flash juicy, but 
not high flavoured or rich. September 
