178 PERRY PEARS. 



are still remaining, "all grafted," says Mr. Sayer, "by a single 

 scion, and about the years 1700 to 17S0 ;" this gentleman believes 

 it to be the same as the Green Squash pear mentioned by Evelyn. 



Description. — Fruit: a full medium size, roundish, almost Ber- 

 gamotte shaped, but more irregular and lumpy. Skin : of a deep 

 green colour, with a tinge of faint light red on the sunny side ; the 

 surface strewed all over with small brown spots of russet, and 

 with patches of deep brown russet round the eye, the insertion of 

 the stalk, and here and there about the body of the pear. Eye : 

 an open ring, with traces of erect segments. Stalk : half an inch 

 long, very thick, and enlarged at the base. Flesh: coarse and 

 gritty, with an abundant juice of a deep amber colour, with a 

 delicate sub-acid flavour and sweet taste, but followed by an 

 astringent after-taste. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Arlingham Squash 

 (season 1881), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F C.S,, Trinity Col- 

 lege, Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... 1*039 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... 1*039 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 10700 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... i"8oo 



Water ... ... ... ... 87 '500 



This rough-looking, ugly pear, is much esteemed by some 

 growers. It is in season in early Autumn, and requires peculiar 

 treatment. It is not fit to grind, until the inside is apparently 

 rotten to within half an inch of the rind, when it " squashes " 

 readily under the foot. The perry is sweet and good in flavour, 

 but is only fit for immediate consumption. Wasps and bees are 

 very fond of the decaying fruit, thus affording practical testimony 

 to its aroma and sweetness. 



The tree grows large and fine, and bears well. It is only 

 grown in certain localities. A young and flourishing orchard of 

 half-grown trees of this variety exists at this time at Bartestree, and 

 other trees have been grafted from these, some fifteen or sixteen 

 years since (1866-7) ^t Brockhampton. 



