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PERRY PEARS. 



BUTT PEAR. 



The origin of this pear is nowhere given. It is very much 

 grown in Gloucestershire, on the Cheltenham side, and is spreading 

 fast into Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Many of the trees are 

 getting old, and the variety must therefore date from the last 

 century, though it is not mentioned in the works of any of the 

 orchard authorities. 



Descriptmi. — Fruit : small and pyriform, elongated towards 

 the stalk. Skin : of an uniform pale green colour. Eye : on the 

 surface, with small erect segments, without much substance. 

 Stalk : very slender, an inch long, inserted even, without depression 

 on the narrow end of the fruit. Flesh : white and juicy. Juice : 

 of full amber colour, not particularly sweet, and with a slightly bitter 

 taste, and so much astringency as to roughen the palate very 

 decidedly. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Butt Pear (season 



