PLATE LXIL 
[Syn : Peche .] 
One of the pears raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1845. A coloured figure of it is 
given in the Florist and Pomologist , 1867. 
Description. —Fruit: medium size or larger, roundish or irregularly oval. Skin : smooth, 
greenish yellow with a blush of red on the side next the sun, and covered with patches and dots of 
russet. Eye : open, set in a shallow, bossed basin. Stalk : an inch or more long, not depressed. 
Flesh : yellowish white, fine-grained and very melting, very juicy, sweet, vinous, and with a 
delicious perfume. 
An excellent early pear, in season from the middle to the end of August. 
The tree is hardy, and bears freely. It makes a good pyramid, and is best grown in this way. 
