202 PERRY PEARS. 



The Parsonage pear gives an analysis which should render it 

 more popular than it is, since it possesses such high keeping 

 qualities. It is a very early pear, and its juice is rather deficient in 

 sugar ; and the perry is troublesome to make, from its liability to 

 become ropy. 



The trees are exceedingly large and upright, resembling very 

 much the Barland in growth. They blossom the end of April, and 

 the fruit ripens all at once, about the middle of September. 



PINE PEAR. 



The origin of this small pear is not known. It takes its name 

 from its aromatic pine-apple flavour. The trees are old and large. 



Description. — Fruit : small, of a flat, pyriform shape, broad 

 below, and narrowing quickly towards the stalk, its sides being 



