AN ALPHABETICAL LIST 



OF THE 



MOST ESTEEMED VARIETIES OF 



PERRY PEARS. 



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ARLINGHAM SQUASH. 



[Syn : The Green Squash of Evelyn.] 

 This pear is undoubtedly a very old variety, and probably 

 originated and took its name from the village of Arlingham, in 

 Gloucestershire. This parish is formed by a nook of land sur- 

 rounded on three sides by the river Severn, opposite Newnham. 

 It has a rich alluvial soil, and many very old and large trees of the 

 Arlingham Squash pear formerly grew there. Some few of them 



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