PLATE LV. 
5. NOUVEAU POITEAU. 
[Syn : Tombe de /’ Amateur. 
A seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited in 1843, and was named in honour of M. Poiteau 
of Paris, director of the Royal Gardens, who was also an eminent pomologist. 
Description .—Fruit : large, irregular in shape, obtuse oval, or pyramidal. Skin : pale or 
greenish yellow, mottled and streaked with pale brown russet, and of a dull reddish brown on the 
side towards the sun. Eye : closed, placed in a slight depression. Stalk : an inch, to an inch and 
a quarter long, obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Flesh : fine-grained, buttery, melting, and 
very juicy, rich, sugary, and highly perfumed. 
A first-rate pear ; ripens in November, but without any change of colour. It requires 
watching therefore, for when ripe it keeps but a very short time. When fully ripe the skin becomes 
a little wrinkled near the stalk, and yields then to slight pressure. 
The tree has a robust upward growth, and forms a handsome pyramid on the quince. It is 
very hardy, and has the great merit of often bearing well when other varieties fail. 
