. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Aatumn Josephine,colour, considerably covered with rough brown russet, whichleaves large patches of the ground colour visible. Eye partiallyclosed, with incurved segments, and set in a considerable de-pression. Stalk li inch long, curved, and with a large swollenfleshy base, the upper part woody. Flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, crisp, and very juicy, with a rich, sweet, sugary firet-rate dessert Pear, ripe in the last week ol Cassanto du Comico. This was raised by the Horticultural Society of Argers, andI
. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . Aatumn Josephine,colour, considerably covered with rough brown russet, whichleaves large patches of the ground colour visible. Eye partiallyclosed, with incurved segments, and set in a considerable de-pression. Stalk li inch long, curved, and with a large swollenfleshy base, the upper part woody. Flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, crisp, and very juicy, with a rich, sweet, sugary firet-rate dessert Pear, ripe in the last week ol Cassanto du Comico. This was raised by the Horticultural Society of Argers, andI rtceived it from M. Andre Leroy of that city. Ganbels Seckle.—Though one of the very best of our nativePears, this is one which is little known and very seldom metwith. It is one of the seedUngs of the late Mr. Williams, ofPitmaston, to whom we are indebted for so many excellent newfruits. It was obtained by crossing the Seckle with GanselsBergamot, and hence its name. Frnit not nnlike the Seckle in shape, and also with much ofthe character of Gansels Bergamot on a small scale. The skinhas a solid bright crimson cheek next the sun, which shades off Gansels considerable basin. Stalk generally short and stout, butsometimes three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a narrowand rather deep cavity. Flesh yellowish, rather coarse-grainedand gritty, with a sweet, abundant, and very richly-sugaredjuice, and a high perfume, but not so much so as in Seckle. A first-rate Pear, ripe in the beginning of
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