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length, obtuse pyriform, uneven in its outline. Skin smooth, glossy green, 
changing as it ripens to pale yellow or greenish yellow, the whole strewed 
with brown dots, and a 
few patches of russet. Eye 
open, with long segments, 
set in a rather deep and 
uneven basin. Stalk stout, 
IF inch long, curved, and 
obliquely inserted in a 
small cavity, where it is 
fleshy at the base. Flesh 
tender, crisp, sugary, and 
juicy, with a sort of rose¬ 
water aroma. 
A second-rate dessert 
Pear, in use from January 
till April. 
The tree is strong, 
vigorous, and healthy, a 
good bearer, and succeeds 
either on the pear or 
quince, but requires to be 
grown against a wall in 
this country to bring the 
fruit to perfection. 
According to Switzer, 
this variety was intro¬ 
duced from France to this 
country about the year 
1708, at which period it 
was cultivated by “the 
noble and most public- 
spirited encourager of arts 
and sciences, especially 
gardening, his Grace the 
Duke of Montague,” in 
his garden at Ditton. It 
was grown for upwards of 
a hundred years in this 
country as St. Martial, 
which appears to have 
been the most ancient 
name, but it appears now to have fallen out of cultivation. A variety I 
received some years ago from Mr. Langelier, of Jersey, under the name of 
Charles Smet, has proved to be identical with this; and, as M. Decaisne has 
also found it to be identical, I do not hesitate to adopt it as a synonyme. 
Angelique de Bordeaux. 
ANGELIQUE DE ROME.— Buh, 
Identification. —Duh. Arb. Fruit, ii. 239. Lindl. Guide, 391. Hort. Soc. Cat. 
ed. 3. n. 10. 
Synonyme. —Englische von Rom, Romisclie Angelikabirne, Christ Handworterb. 174. 
Figure. —Nois. Jard. Fruit, ed. 1. t. 42. 
Fruit medium-sized, 2~ inches wide, and 2\ inches long, obovate. Skin 
rough, of a pale yellow colour, and sometimes tinged with light red on the side 
