THE P. BARRY PEAR. 



Among the new fruits before the public, which should be well tested at all 

 our Ontario Experiment Stations, the Barry pear stands prominent. The Anjou 

 is a fine and profitable winter pear, coming to its best in January. Then we 

 have Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre, Josephine de Malines, and others, but there 

 is room for something superior to ripen towards spring, and that is what the 

 introducers claim for the Barry. 



By courtesy of Messrs. EUwanger and Barry, we present an engraving of 

 this pear, with the following remarks concerning it : " Another of the 'late-keep- 

 ing Fox seedlings. Large, pyriform ; skin orange-yellow, covered with russet 

 spots and blotches ; flesh very juicy, buttery, fine grained ; flavor sprightly, rich, 

 excellent. The best late winter pear. Resembles Anjou in texture of flesh, 

 and Winter Nelis in color of skin and juiciness of flesh. Tree a good grower, 

 and must be top grafted. Ripe in April. We exhibited fine specimens of this 

 pear at the World's Fair latter part of May." 



This pear was exhibited at the meeting of the Western N.Y. Hort. Society 

 at Rochester on the 23rd ult. in fine condition, a sample of which the writer was 

 allowed to bring home for description. The same variety was shown by Messrs. 

 EUwanger & Barry, at the World's Fair, Chicago, in May, 1893. 



Fig. 911.— The P. Barry Pkar. 



