Fruit ripe in late August; large, 3-3/8 in. long, 2-3/16 in. wide, oblong-obovate-pyriform, with an acute neck; stem characteristically long and curved, 1-5/8 in. long; cavity lacking, the flesh folding up around the base of the stem, russeted, lipped; calyx open; lobes separated at the base, long, broad, acute; basin very shallow and narrow, obtuse, gently furrowed, compressed; skin smooth; color yellow, with a bright blush laid thinly over the exposed cheek in streaks and splashes; dots numerous, greenish-russet, very small, obscure; flesh yellowish-white, granular under the skin, gritty at the center, melting, very juicy, subacid, aromatic, vinous; quality very good. Core large, open, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, narrow, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. [Illustration: JARGONELLE] JARGONELLE (FRENCH) =1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:123. 1768. =2.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:154. 1831. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 339. 1845. =4.= _Ibid._ 767. 1869. =5.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:303, fig. 1869. =6.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 237. 1889. _Bellissime d'Été._ =7.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:203, Pl. XLII. 1768. =8.= Mas _Le Verger_ =2=:193, fig. 95. 1866-73. =9.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:216, fig. 1867. =10.= _Guide Prat._ 70, 235. 1876. _Cuisse Madame._ =11.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 181, fig. 11. 1817. _Red Muscadel._ =12.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 346. 1831. _Bassin._ =13.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 491. 1884. _Schönste Sommerbirne._ =14.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 280. 1889. This old sort, very different from Jargonelle, is worthy of description only to distinguish it from the much better and older pear of the same name. A generation ago this French Jargonelle was much grown in America, but has given way to better sorts. The pears are handsome, but are poor in quality and are edible only a day or two after maturity as they quickly rot at the center and become dry and mealy toward the periphery. The name Jargonelle is used in France to denote a group of pears. This fact accounts for the confusion which exists among the names and synonyms of several varieties of this class. The French Jargonelle is said to have originated in Anjou, a former province in France, where it was much cultivated and highly esteemed toward the end of the fifteenth century. Tree large, vigorous, upright, the younger branches inclined to droop, very productive; branches stocky, dark reddish-brown; branchlets often curved and drooping, short, sprinkled with elongated, inconspicuous lenticels. Leaf-buds large, conical, appressed. Leaves oval, enlarged at the base; apex abruptly pointed; margin coarsely serrate; petiole long, thick. Flower-buds large, long-conic; flowers medium in size.