PLATE XXXII. 
i. DUCHESSE D’ORLEANS. 
[Syn : St. Nicholas ; Bcurve St. Nicholas .] 
This Pear is said to have been a wilding found at St. Nicholas near Angers, which bore 
fruit in 1839. 
Description. —Fruit: large and pyriform. Skin : yellow on the shaded side, but with a 
tinge of red on the side next the sun, mottled with greenish brown russet. Eye : open, set in a 
wide shallow basin. Stalk : three quarters of an inch long. Flesh : yellowish white, melting, 
buttery and juicy, with a rich, sugary and vinous flavour and a fine aroma. 
A very delicious pear in season in October. 
The tree is vigorous and bears abundantly, but in England it requires a warm situation. 
