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slight narrow depression. Stalk half an inch long, stout, bent, diagonally inserted beneath a small elongated lip. Skin pale grass-green, thickly sprinkled with small grey russetty specks. Flesh yellowish white, tinged near the cone with a light shade of orange colour, a little gritty, but melting. Juice saccharine, with a slight musky perfume. Ripe the middle to the end of October.

It is difficult to conceive the origin of this singular name. It has been attached to one of those newly raised Flemish varieties which bear so well and so regularly in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick upon an open standard.

89. KEISER.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 360.

Fruit middle-sized, turbinate, gradually tapering from the middle to the stalk, about three inches deep, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, with very short erect segments of the calyx, placed in a very narrow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, thick, and woody. Skin pale green, becoming yellowish green, thickly sprinkled with small grey russetty specks, and russetty round the stalk. Flesh greenish white, a little gritty, but melting. Juice saccharine, without any peculiar flavour.

Ripe the middle of October, and will keep some weeks. This is also another of those hardy Pears which bear so plentifully upon an open standard, in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick.

90. LOUIS-BONNE. No. 97. t. 53.

Miller, No. 53. Duhamel,

Fruit pretty large, somewhat pyramidal, much in the manner of the Saint Germain, but more rounded at the crown, and not so slender towards the stalk, about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, very little sunk. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, straight, rather obliquely inserted, with a curb or embossment next the fruit. Skin

very smooth, of a pale green, becoming a little yellow as it approaches maturity. Flesh extremely tender, and full of an excellent, saccharine, well-flavoured juice. Ripe in November, and will keep till Christmas. This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 91. MARIE LOUISE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 519. Pom. Mag. t. 122.

t. 20.

Fruit long ovate, something like a Saint Germain, but more angular in its outline, about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye open, placed in an oblique, somewhat knobby hollow. Stalk one inch and a half long, obliquely inserted in a small uneven cavity. Skin greenish, but when fully matured of a rich yellow, clouded with light brown russet on the sunny side. Flesh inclining to yellow, perfectly melting, with abundance of saccharine, highly vinous juice.

Ripe the beginning and middle of October.

This most excellent Pear, in favourable seasons, attains a much larger size, being sometimes five inches long and three inches broad. It was raised by the Abbé Duquesne, and sent by Dr. Van Mons, of Brussels, to the Horticultural Society in 1816. It bears well as a

standard.

92. MARQUISE. Duhamel, No. 93. t. 49.

Marchioness. Miller, No. 43.

Fruit pretty large, somewhat oval, swelled very much towards the crown, and suddenly narrowed towards the stalk; about three inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, placed in a moderately deep narrow basin. Stalk one inch and a quarter long, stout, bent, obliquely inserted in a small cavity. Skin pale green, shaded with darker, with numerous grey dots, but which becomes yellow as it approaches maturity, with a slight blush on the sunny side. Flesh white, breaking, replete with juice of an agreeable musky flavour.

Ripe the end of October, and will keep two or three weeks.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

93. MESSIRE JEAN. Miller, No. 37.

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Messire Jean doré. Ib.

Chaulis. Jard. Fruit. t. 34.

Fruit middle-sized, flatly turbinate, but somewhat narrowed at each extremity, about two inches and a half deep, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye small, open, with an erect calyx, placed in a shallow plaited basin. Stalk an inch long, bent, inserted in a somewhat funnel-shaped cavity. Skin rather rough, yellow, covered almost wholly with a fine, thin, brown russet. Flesh white, crisp, breaking, and full of a rich saccharine juice.

Ripe the beginning of October, and will keep a month. This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

The Messire Jean is a very excellent autumn Pear, and deserves to be generally cultivated. There have been other names given to it, such as Grey, Yellow, and White; they are all the same sort, and these colours arise, as was said of the Brown Beurré, from the different soils, situations, and stocks on which they are grafted, and also from the different ages of the trees themselves.

94. NAPOLEON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 104. and Vol. iv. p. 215. Pom. Mag. t. 75. Médaille. Pom. Mag.

Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 401. according to the

Fruit large, the form of a Colmar, angular about the eye, a good deal contracted in the middle, about three inches and three quarters long, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, with a connivent calyx, a little depressed. Stalk half an inch long, thick, straight; in some specimens diagonally inserted under a large, elong

ated, curved lip. Skin smooth, bright green, in which state it remains for some time after the fruit is gathered; it finally changes to a pale green, when the flesh becomes very melting, with a most unusual abundance of rich agreeable juice.

Ripe the middle of November, and remains in perfection several days.

This succeeds equally well upon the Pear and the Quince.

The Napoleon Pear is an excellent variety, raised by Dr. Van Mons, at Louvain, and thence sent to this country in 1816. It is a profuse bearer upon an east or west wall; it also succeeds as an open dwarf grafted upon the Quince, and as a common standard.

95. NEW BRIDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 430.

Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about two inches and three quarters long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, with a short slender calyx. Crown flat, not depressed. Stalk an inch long, a little obliquely inserted. Skin dull grey, covered with thin grey russet, and of a light, lively, shining brown on the sunny side. Flesh melting, a little gritty, with a sugary juice, but without any peculiar flavour.

Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, and will not keep longer than a few weeks.

This is another of the new hardy Pears which are produced upon open standards in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick.

96. POIRE DE LOUVAINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 381. Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, uneven on its surface, three inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, closed with small short segments of the calyx, sunk in a narrow hollow. Stalk half an inch long,

curved, obliquely inserted. Skin dull green, mixed with yellow, full of russetty spots, and a little russetted

round the eye.

Flesh very tender, slightly gritty, and full of a rich, very saccharine, musky juice.

Ripe the beginning of October, and fine till the end.

This is a very excellent Pear, and one of those cultivated in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick as an open standard. It highly deserves cultivation.

97. POIRE FIGUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 266.

Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong figure, irregularly formed by the outward side being considerably more elongated than the inner one next the tree, giving it a curved direction, about three inches and a half long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, open, with very short segments of the calyx. Stalk an inch long, curved, diagonally inserted under a broad, elongated lip. Skin dull green, almost wholly covered with a thin grey russet, with scarcely any additional colouring where exposed to the sun. Flesh a little gritty, but mellow, with abundance of rich, saccharine, and slightly musky juice.

Ripe the end of October, and will keep good a month.

This is not the Poire de Figue of KNOOP. It is one of those hardy varieties bearing as an open standard in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick; and, although not handsome, is a very excellent Pear.

98. POIRE NEILL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 431.

Fruit large, pyramidally turbinate, generally a little flattened on its opposite sides, and tapering to the stalk. In some specimens the outer side is considerably more elongated than the inner one next the branch on which it grows, nearly four inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye open, rather deeply sunk in an irregular hollow. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted in a narrow uneven cavity. Skin pale yellow, intermixed with green, a good deal mottled and marked with thin grey russet. Flesh white, a little

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