TH E NAPOLEON PEA R .
Napoleon. Tram, of the Hort: Soc. vol. ii. p. 404; vol. iv.
p. 215. Hort. Fruit Cat. no. 428.
Medaille. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 401.
An excellent variety, raised by Dr. Van Mons,
at Louvain, and thence sent to this country in 1816.
I t is now pretty common, and universally admired.
I t ripens in the middle of November, and remains in
perfection several days.
I t is necessary to bear in mind that this P e a r is
not fit to eat till its deep green colour becomes very
pale; as early as the beginning of October, the
fruit is sweet and pleasant ; but if in perfection,
it is filled with a most unusual abundance of rich
agreeable juice, combined with a flesh as tender and
melting as that of a Peach.
Trees sent from Tournay, by M. Dumortier-
Ruteau, under the name of La Médaille, have
proved the same as this ; and it is extremely probable
th a t the Sucré doré of some collections is
also a synonym of it.
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.
Wood strong, dark yellowish green, moderately
sprinkled with whitish spots.
Leaves tapering to a point, widely serrated.
F lowers remarkably large, expanding late.