PLATE LXIV. 
i. VINEUSE. 
This variety was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in 1840. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, obovate. Skin : smooth, pale straw colour, with slight 
markings of very thin brown russet, interspersed with minute green dots. Eye : open, frequently 
abortive, set in a shallow depression. Stalk : short and fleshy, inserted in a deep, narrow cavity. 
Flesh : yellowish white, exceedingly tender, melting, and very juicy, of a honied sweetness and fine 
delicate perfume. 
A delicious and richly flavoured pear ; ripe in the end of September and beginning of October. 
The tree is hardy and bears freely. It makes an excellent pyramid on the quince. The 
merit of its fruit will soon cause this pear to be very widely grown. 
