PERRY PEARS. 



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calyx closed. Stalk : slender, an inch or more long. Flesh : dry 

 and pleasant to the taste, sweet and rich, with a great astringency. 

 Juice : small in quantity, bright straw colour, becoming very dark 

 on exposure to air, and somewhat viscid. 



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

 1882), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity College, 

 Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i'057 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i"o63 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 12*620 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... 4*380 



Water ... ... ... ... 83*000 



This analysis proves the pear to be more valuable than it is 

 generally thought to be, since it is now no longer propagated. The 

 more succulent varieties have taken its place in general estimation. 



The trees are very large and spreading, with weeping slender 

 boughs, very hardy, and so productive that the pears hang in 

 bunches, and are therefore very small. There is a large orchard of 

 this variety in the parish of Birtsmorton, Worcestershire. 



HOLMER PEAR. 

 [Syn : Holmore, by printer's error, in the Pomona Herefordensis.'] 

 The original tree of this variety was found in a hedgerow, on 



