PERRY PEARS. 



Dublin, gave the following results : — 



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The Perry from the Red Pear is very good, and has a strong 

 cider like character. It bottles well, and in a good year makes a 

 very saleable beverage. 



The tree is very hardy. It blossoms the end ot April, or the 

 beginning of May, and generally ripens a heavy crop of fruit by 

 the end of September, or the beginning of October. 



ROCK PEAR. 



The original tree of this variety is still living at Cromer Pit 

 Farm, Pendock, Worcestershire. It was raised in a little garden, 

 enclosed from the waste, by an army pensioner named William 



