PLATE XXVIII. 
a russet patch round the stalk. Eye : small and half open. Stalk : upwards of an inch in length, 
woody, inserted in a small round cavity. P'lesh : yellowish, coarse-grained and gritty, half melting 
or crisp, with a cold acidity. 
'I'his Pear is far inferior to the true Amadotte. It ripens in October, and must be eaten 
directly it is ripe, or it will rot at the core. It is not worth cultivating, and is inserted here to 
correct once again an error ot Decaisne, which was first pointed out by Dr. Hogg—an error which 
still prevails in France—for it was sent as the true Amadotte by M. Benoit, of Havre, amidst a 
very fine collection of the best varieties of Pears, to the Apple and Pear Show of the Woolhope 
Club in October 1880. 
