MAY. 
Ill 
towards the eye, and tapering towards the stalk. Skin at first of a bright 
green colour, dotted with 
grey, but changing to lemon 
yellow as it ripens. Eye 
half open, with small stout, 
often blunted, segments, and 
placed on a level with the 
surface of the fruit. Stalk 
about an inch long, slender, 
woody, and firm, obliquely 
inserted on the apex of the 
fruit. Flesh fine-grained, 
very juicy, and melting, with 
a rich sugary flavour. 
An excellent and rather 
richly-flavoured Pear, ripe 
in the end of September and 
beginning of October; but 
not superior to many in 
season at the same period. 
It was raised by M. 
Boisbunel, a nurseryman at 
Rouen, from seed sown in 
1846, and the tree first 
fruited in 1857. 
D’AMANLIS.— Decaisne. 
Identification. —Decaisne 
Jard. Fruit, i. 
Synonymes. —Beurre d’A- 
manlis, Nois. Jard. Fruit, p. 57. 
Beurre d’Amalis, Hort. Soc. 
Cat. ed. 2.110. Beurre d’Aman- 
lis, Ken. Or. ed. 3. 136. Del- 
bart acc. Dalbret Cours. 328. 
Plombgastelle, Ibid. Hubard 
in Normandy. Tliiessoise, Ibid. 
Kaissoise, Ibid. Willielmine of 
some, but not of Van Mons. 
Figures. —Decaisne Jard. Fruit, i. Nois. Jard. Fruit, t. 57. Alb. de Pom. ii. 115. 
Fruit large, frequently much more so than is represented in our figure, but 
averaging 3| inches long by 2f wide ; obtuse pyriform, or obovate, uneven 
and undulating in its outline. Skin at first of a bright green, tinged with 
brown next the sun, and marked with patches and dots of russet, but after¬ 
wards assuming a yellowish green tinge, and a reddish brown cheek as it 
ripens. Eye open, with stout segments, and set almost level with the surface. 
Stalk long, slender, and woody, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh greenish 
white, fine-grained, tender, juicy, melting, rich, sugary, and agreeably per¬ 
fumed. 
One of the best early Pears, ripe in the middle of September. 
The tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer, forms a handsome pyramid, 
and succeeds either on the pear or the quince stock.* 1 
The origin of this Pear has been attributed by some to Van Mons; but we 
* In America it generally produces coarse fruit, and is not esteemed so highly as it is with us. Downing 
says it succeeds best in cold latitudes. 
