PERRY PEARS. 



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PARSONAGE. 



The particular parsonage from which this pear takes its name, 

 is lost to history, as is also any account of its origin. 



Description. — Fruit : small and round, slightly running up the 

 stalk. Skin : of a yellowish green colour, tinted with orange on the 

 sunny side, and thickly strewn with very small russet dots. Eye : 

 open, with erect segments, and placed on the surface, without 

 depression. Stalk : slender, an inch long, enlarged at both ends, 

 and set obliquely in the fruit. Flesh : white, with a sweet, astrin- 

 gent taste, and a slight Jargotielle flavour. Juice : plentiful, of a 

 pale straw colour, deepening to amber, after exposure to air. 



The chemical analysis of the juice of the Parsonage Pear 

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

 College, Dublin, gave the following results : — 



Density of fresh juice ... ... i"o46 



Ditto after 24 hours' exposure to air ... i'o52 

 100 parts of juice by weight, yielded of 



Sugar ... ... ... ... 9-600 



Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... 4"89o 



Water ... ... ... ... 85-510 



