THE MADELEINE PEAR.
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Madeleine. Noisette, Jard. Fr. iii. p. 104. pl. 26. Hort.
Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 385.
Citron des Carmes of the Frencli, and Hort. Cat. no. 189.
There is no doubt th a t the fruit now represented
is the Madeleine P e a r of the French, although
it does not entirely agree with all that has been
said of it. Trees have been received by the Horticultural
Society under this name, both from the
Jardin du Roi, at Paris, and from other establishments
in France, which all prove to be the same
thing. I t is said to have received its name from
ripening about the time of the Fête de Sainte Madeleine.
An excellent early variety, bearing freely on a
standard, maturing in the third week of July, and
keeping for a few days, if gathered before it is overripe.
I t bears much resemblance to the Citron
de Sierenz, from which it chiefly differs in the
wood and leaves.
Wood bright, clear, reddish brown, with a few
scattered, prominent, pale spots.
Leaves cordate, ovate, tapering a little to the
point, finely serrated, quite flat.
F ruit middle-sized, turbinate, with a thickening
on one side of the stalk, which is about an
inch long. E y e slightly hollowed. Skin yellowish
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