6 THE FLORIST. 



many advantages, — the plants are rested, they harden their wood, and 

 require less water, which, when given, should always be seen to come 

 through the bottom of the pot. The enthusiastic amateur will enjoy 

 a fine healthy clean collection as much in leaf as when in full flower, 

 at least it is so with me. E. Beck. 



DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF FRUITS. No. XII. 

 PEARS. 



11. Suffolk Thorn. Something above the middle size; roundish 

 obovate in form, but rather irregular in outline. The stalk is short 

 and thick, very slightly sunk at its insertion. Eye scarcely sunk 

 below the flattened crown ; segments very short. Skin greenish 

 yellow, mottled all over with light russet. Flesh white, juicy, and 

 tender, resembling that of Gansell's Bergamot (from which this Pear 

 is said to have been raised,) in texture and flavour. Season, October. 

 Much hardier than its parent, as this does not require a wall; but 

 inferior to it in size and beauty, and perhaps also in flavour. 



12. Beurre Bosc. Fruit above the middle size, of a lengthened 

 pyriforra figure, contracting rather suddenly near the middle ; it di- 

 minishes abruptly to the crown, which, like the whole surface of the 

 fruit, is uneven ; it tapers almost to a point at the stalk, which is 

 long and not deeply inserted. Eye scarcely sunk, segments short. 

 Skin a uniform bright cinnamon russet, interspersed with very small 

 lighter-coloured points. Flesh white, less perfectly melting than some 

 other sorts, but very sugary and agreeably flavoured. A very hand- 

 some and valuable Pear, which generally comes into use from the 

 middle of October to the middle of November. The trees are hardy 

 enough to succeed when trained as pyramids. 



1 3. Hacons Incomparable, A middle-sized Pear, in form and colour 

 much like a small Gansell's Bergamot. The skin is nearly covered 

 with russet, and sometimes faintly tinted with red on the exposed 

 side. The eye is seated in a shallow depression, and the stalk is short 

 and stout, not deeply inserted. Flesh buttery and highly flavoured. 

 It is generally fit for eating about the end of November, but some- 

 times may be kept considerably longer. The skin is rather tough ; 

 but altogether this is a very fine Pear, and the trees are said to be 

 hardy and productive. 



14. Winter Crassane. Fruit middle-sized, turbinate in form. Eye 

 rather deeply sunk in a narrow basin ; segments narrow and erect. 

 Stalk long, only slightly inserted in the generally oblique base. Skin 

 greenish yellow, freckled all over, and in some parts blotched with 

 light russet. Flesh white, buttery, although deficient in juice ; agree- 

 ably but not highly flavoured. The trees are hardy, and bear freely 

 as pyramids. A very useful January Pear, considerably resembling 

 the old Crassane in form and colour, but inferior to that variety in 

 flavour. It is one of the many varieties raised from seed by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq. 



