FEBRUARY. 



37 



Glout Morceau, and others common in the London markets, are at 

 this present time as totally unknown as though they had never been 

 introduced, and where the only good Pears that now find a place 

 are those ancient favourites the Jargonelle, J5rown Beurre, Crassane, 

 Gansell's Bergamot, and Colmar, to the exclusion of newer varieties 

 that surpass them in hardiness and {)roductiveness, and at least equal 

 them in flavour. To assist, therefore, in making these improved 

 sorts better known, it is proposed to give outline figures of some 

 of the best, which, being accompanied by accurate written descrip- 

 tions, will, it is thought, be more useful than a mere list, to amateurs 

 and others who are not well acquainted with Pears. 



By a judicious selection of sorts. Pears can be obtained for des- 

 sert from the season of the Jargonelle in August, with but little 

 intermission through the months of September, October, November, 

 December, January, February, and March, and in some soils and 

 situations still later, — a recommendation which of itself is sufficient 

 to justify the prominent place this fruit is about to occupy in the 

 Florist and Fruitist. 



It is necessary to mention here a fact, that persons who have 

 not had considerable experience in the culture of fruits may not be 

 aware of; which is, that soil and situation exercise so much influence 

 over the quality of Pears, that a sort which in one garden is flrst- 

 rate, might in another be scarcely eatable ; and many a good Pear 

 has got a bad local character through the grower of it not being 

 aware of this. The sorts best adapted for particular places can, 

 however, only be ascertained by actual trial, although in a well- 

 sheltered garden, where the soil is a good loam, and under proper 

 management as regards training, &c., every kind of Pear might rea- 

 sonably be expected to attain perfection in the midland and southern 



Comte de Lamy. 



Seckel. 



