The figure of this is that of an Apple rather than
of a Pear; and Noisette remarks, that it is so in a
greater degree than any Pear he knows.
A most excellent and beautiful variety; not, indeed,
to be compared with the Jargonelle, with
which it ripens, but greatly superior to any of the
kinds commonly cultivated which are in eating at
the same time. It bears well as a standard. In
perfection from the 10th to the end of August.
W o o d weak, deep chestnut-red, with distinct,
pale, yellowish-brown spots.
Leaves heart-shaped, ovate, nearly fiat, shining,
deep green, very slightly toothed. P etioles about
an inch long.
F lowers early. P etals roundish ovate.
F ruit depressed, middle-sized, with a slender
stalk, upwards of an inch long, inserted in a small
roundish hollow. E ye open, placed in a shallow
depression. S k in inclining to yellow, speckled with
russet; on the sunny side bright rich red, intermixed
with brown spots. F lesh white, juicy, rich, and
sugary.
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