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PERRY PEARS. 



RED PEAR. 



[Syn : Red Horse Pear.] 



This Pear seems to have been well known in the 17th century, 

 but its origin is involved in obscurity. 



Description. — Fruit : small and round, even and regular in 

 outline, but sometimes inclining to be turbinate. Skin : almost 

 entirely covered with a rather bright, red colour, except round the 

 stalk, and where it has been shaded, and there it is yellow ; the 

 whole surface is sprinkled with pale grey russet dots. Eye : open, 

 having clove-like segments, and set level with the surface. 

 Stalk : three quarters of an inch long, stout and straight with the 

 axis of the fruit, set in a narrow, shallow cavity. Flesh : pale 

 yellow, firm, dry, and gritty. 



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

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



