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of the Tweed. Jargonelle is also a Scotch favourite, 

 especially in Perth, where every vacant wall space is said 

 to be soon occupied by this pear. It is grown, too, as a 

 standard on the free stock, but does not love the Quince. 

 If double-grafted, the leading shoot pinched as well 

 as the side shoots two or three times in the season, it 

 will bear well. Beacon and B. GifFard are also August 

 pears. Later on come Clapp's Favourite, Bon Chretien, 

 and many others. Early sorts should be gathered 

 before they are ripe. Mr G. Bunyard recommends 

 that early pears as well as early apples should be laid 

 in heaps, covered with nettles or straw, and " sweated," 

 to improve their appearance. They are said to colour 

 well treated thus. 



LATE PEARS 



Are often worthless until they are in the kitchen ; yet a 

 warm autumn makes some of them delicious. The best 

 of all is Josephine de Malines. The tree does well as a 

 standard or bush, and the demand for the fruit is some- 

 times great. With care it will last to March. Next 

 comes Winter Nelis, not so hardy ; then follow Nouvelle 

 Fulvie, Madame Millett, Passe Crassanne, Olivier de 

 Serres, Easter Beurre, and B. Ranee. A new sort, 

 President Barabe, has received a First Class Certificate 

 from the R.H.S. Late varieties must be allowed on the 

 trees as long as possible, and be 'well protected from 

 birds. Great care must be taken in handling and 

 storing. Bruised pears soon rot. 



PEARS FOR COTTAGERS AND SMALL FARMERS 



The following were selected in 1892 by the R.H.S. 

 on the advice of forty experts : for eating, Jargonelle, 

 Bon Chretien, B. d'Amanlis, Louise Bonne, Durondeau, 

 Marie Louise, D. du Cornice, Pitmaston Duchess ; for 



