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Plate XV. 
[Syn : Cadillac; Quenillac; Chartreuse; Admirable de Chartreux; Bon Chretien a Amiens ; 
Cotillard ; Monstreuse de Landes ; Grand Monarque ; Grand Mogol; Gratiole rond; Tete du chat ; 
Gros Gilot; Besi de Marais ; Bell Pear ; Pound Pearl] 
The origin of this excellent Pear is lost. It is known to have been in cultivation for 
upwards of 200 years, and the number of its synonyms prove the esteem in which it has ever 
been held. It has been many times figured. Duhamel’s “ Trait6 des Arbres Fruitiers ( 1/68) 
PI. lviii., gives a good figure as does Brookshaw’s ” Pomona Britannica (1812,) PI. lxxxvi. 
Description. —Fruit: large, flatly turbinate. Skin: at first pale green, becoming after keeping a 
beautiful bright lemon yellow, with a tinge of brownish red next the sun, and covered with numerous 
large brown russety dots. Eye : open with short dry segments, set in a wide, even, and rather deep 
basin. Stalk : an inch and a half long, stout, curved and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh : white, 
crisp, gritty, with a harsh and somewhat musky flavour. 
The tree is hardy, grows vigorously, and bears abundantly. It is best grown on a wall on 
the pear stock, when it is one of the most profitable pears that can be grown. A tree in full bearing 
is a small fortune to the owner, for it is one of the best culinary pears, and is so fine in size, as always 
to command the best price in the market. “ It is considered by confectioners ” says Brookshaw “ as 
the best pear for stewing, preserving, and wet sweatmeats.” It may be grown as an espalier in a 
very sheltered situation, but as a pyramid or an ordinary standard, it rarely succeeds, the size and 
weight of the fruit rendering the effect of wind most destructive to the crop. It is in season from 
December to April or even May- 
