THE PEAR. 
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small, brownish-green dots. Flesh white, fine grained, buttery 
sugary. Core large. Ripe early in September. 
Summer Rose. 
Epine Rose. Dhu. Nois. Poire de Rose. 
Caillot Rosat d’Ete. Epine d’Ete Couleur Rose. 
Thorny Rase. Mill Rosenbirne, of the Germans . 
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Epine d'Ete. f tangly of son*. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin faint yellow, with a red rus- 
set cheek. Flesh white, coarse. Last of August, not eatable. 
Summer Bon Chretien. Mill. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Bon Chretien. d’Ete, 0. Dull. 
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Gratioli d’Etd. \ f/r 
Gratioli di Roma. ) Itahans - 
Summer Good Christian. 
Musk Summer Bon Chretien. Coxe. 
Sommer Apothekerbirne. 
Sommer Gute Christenbirne. 
Die Sommer Christebirne. 
Large Sugar, of some. 
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This is one of the oldest pears, having been cultivated for 
the last two centuries, all over Europe. It is common with us, 
but the stock is generally somewhat diseased. 
Fruit large, irregularly bell-shaped or pyriform, with swollen, 
knobby sides. Skin yellow, with an orange-blush. Flesh yel- 
lowish, coarse grained, very juicy, and of a pleasant, simply 
sweet flavour. Last of August, or early in September. 
SuiPERFONB ANTE. Thomp. 
Fruit of medium size, obovate. Skin smooth, pale yellow, 
marked with russet. Flesh white, buttery, melting, and good 
October. 
Swan’s Egg. Thomp. Lind. 
Moor-fowl Egg, incorrectly of some Boston gardens. 
Fruit small, oval. Skin pale green, washed with pale brown 
on the sunny side, and dotted with brownish specks. Flesh 
soft, juicy, with a sweet somewhat musky flavour. October. 
Sylvange. Nois. Thomp. 
Bergamotte Sylvange. Green Sylvange. Lind. 
Fruit roundish-obovate, shaped like a bergamot. Skin rough, 
pale green, with a slightly darker green cheek. Flesh greenish- 
white, juicy, tender and melting, with a sweet, agreeable 
flavour. October, and keeps a long time. 
