PLATE XXVI, 
5 . beurr£ giffard. 
[Syn : Giffard^] 
This Pear was found as a wilding in 1825, by M. Nicolas Giffard, of Fonassieres, near 
Angers, and it was first described by M. Millet in 1840. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, pyriform, or turbinate. Skin : greenish yellow, mottled 
with red on the side next the sun. Eye : closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk : an inch long, 
slender and obliquely inserted on the apex of the fruit. Flesh : white, melting and very juicy, with 
a vinous and highly aromatic flavour. 
This is one of the very best early Pears, ripe the middle of August. The tree is hardy, 
grows freely, and bears well ; but it must grow against a wall, or its fruit will be smaller than 
that which is represented on the plate, and which was grown on the Cordon Wall at Holme Lacy. 
