PLATE 
XXXVI. 
i. TARDIVE DE MONS. 
There is no published account of the origin of this Pear. 
Description. —Fruit: oblong, obovate, even and regularly formed. Skin : of an uniform 
yellow colour, paler on the shaded side, and with an orange tint next the sun, strewed with large 
russety dots. Eye : large, clove like, open, very slightly depressed. Stalk : an inch long, rather 
slender, obliquely inserted, not depressed. Flesh : white, tender, buttery, melting, and very juicy, 
rich and sugary. 
An excellent Pear, in season in November. 
The tree is vigorous, and in good situations bears well. 
