PLATE XLVIII. 
2. DEUX SCEURS. 
The original tree of this variety sprung up in the garden of two sisters, Knoop, at Malines, 
and hence the Pear received its name. The date of its origin is not given anywhere. 
Description. —Fruit: large, three and a half inches long, and two inches and a half wide ; 
oblong, ribbed and undulating in its outline. Skin : smooth, greenish yellow, sometimes entirely 
covered with a thin crust of pale brown russet, but always more or less mottled and dotted with 
russet. Eye : small and open, set in a very narrow and shallow depression. Stalk : half an inch 
to three-quarters long, inserted obliquely in a narrow cavity by the side of a fleshy protuberance. 
Flesh : white, buttery, melting and very juicy, with a sweet, sprightly juice and a rich flavour not 
unlike Marie Louise , but quite distinct from it. 
A remarkably fine Pear, ripe by the end of October. 
The tree is a vigorous grower and a good bearer. It forms excellent pyramids.either on the 
pear, or the quince. 
