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PEAR PRINCE IMPERIAL. 



trusses, and are fine. Mrs. Hole, a magenta, will from all appearance, when 

 known, become a general favourite for bedding, since it resembles in habit tlie 

 Violet Hall Nosegay, though dwarfer than that variety.— A. Henderson, T/ioresby. 



PEAR PRINCE IMPERIAL. 



fT is pleasant in this year of scarcity to speak of a good fruit. Fruits have 

 not only been scarce, but also inferior in quality, as compared with what 

 "J^ they generally are. The variety I am now about to describe has been 

 "'f proved for several seasons to be of very superior quality ; this season it has 

 been especially so. Having its character thus far fixed, I venture — although 



Pears of its season are almost a glut — to recommend its cultivation. There are 

 two Prince Imperials. The one now under notice is a seedling raised by M. Gregoire, 

 to whom we are indebted for many fine Pears. 



The fruit is of about medium size, oval or slightly pyriform in shape, very even 

 and regular in outline. The skin is smooth, of a pale lemon colour, splashed and 

 spotted with light cinnamon-russet. The eye is small, open, having the segments 

 of the calyx erect and short, set almost level with the surface of the fruit. The 

 stalk is slender, about half-an-inch in length, inserted a little on one side without 

 any depression. The flesh is buttery, very melting and juicy, with an exceed- 



