PERRY PEARS. 



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LONGLAND. 



[Syn : Longdon Fear.] 



The name of this pear, says Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight in 

 the " Povw7ia Herefordeusis,''^ was probably derived from the field 

 in which the original tree grew, but nothing is really known as to the 

 circumstances or date of its origin. It is certainly a very old 

 variety. This pear is well represented in the " Pomona Hereford- 

 ensis" Plate xviii. 



Description. — Fruit : roundish obovate, or doyenne-shaped, 

 even, regular, and rather handsome. Skin : very thickly covered 

 with large russet freckles of a pale ashy colour ; the side next the 

 sun has a bright, pale red cheek, and on the shaded side it is a 

 greenish yellow. Eye : large, open, and clove-like, set even with 

 the surface, with a ring of permanent stamens round the mouth. 

 Stalk : an inch long, straight and stout, perpendicular with the 

 axis of the fruit, and inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh : yellow, 

 very astringent. 



The specific gravity of the juice Mr. Knight found to be 1*063. 



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

 1879), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., Trinity College, 



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