Plate XXIV. 
i. GENERAL TODTLEBEN. 
This excellent pear was raised from seed sown at Gheling in Belgium in 1839, and the tree 
first produced fruit in 1855. M. Fontaine named it in honour of General Todtleben, the gallant 
defender of Sebastopol. 
Description. —Fruit: very large, four inches and a half long, and nearly four wide ; pyriform, 
ribbed round the apex, and often more swollen on one side than the other. Skin : yellow, covered 
with dots and patches of brown russet. Eye : open, set in a wide furrowed basin. Stalk : an inch 
long, set in a small narrow cavity. Flesh : with a rosy tinge, very melting and juicy, slightly 
gritty, with a rich, sugary and perfumed juice. 
A very delicious pear, in season from December to February. The tree is moderately 
vigorous, makes a good pyramid on the Quince, and bears abundantly. 
