30 THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS 



cooking, B. Clairgeau, Catillac, Uvedale's St Germain, 

 Verulam. But Marie Louise is a poor and uncertain 

 bearer. 



SYNONYMS 



When fruit trees have numerous names, they certainly 

 are popular, probably good. 



Passe Colmar has twenty-eight, chiefly French ; grown 

 in a rich warm soil it is a first-rate dessert pear 

 (November). The tree is vigorous and makes a good 

 pyramid. 



B. Diel has thirteen : among the French it is Beurre 

 Magnifique. It requires a good season here. 



Uvedale's St Germain (Belle Angevine of the French) 

 has twenty-two, chiefly French. Yet it was raised in 

 1690 by Dr Uvedale, a Schoolmaster of Eltham in Kent. 



Windsor, a very old English pear, mentioned in 1629, 

 yet of French origin, has eleven. The fruit is large and 

 greenish-yellow, flushed, but soon becomes dry and 

 worthless. In good soil it grows and bears well 

 (August). 



White Doyenne has fourteen, a fairly good September 

 and October pear, rather large, a good bearer, "flesh 

 white, but somewhat acrid and gritty " (Barren). 



Vicar of Winkfield has twelve. A long large fruit 

 often twisted, fairly good for baking, from November to 

 January, " second rate" (Barren). 



B. Ranee has six, A long, largish, late pear, some- 

 times very good. 



Wardens, a name given to pears which never melt, 

 are long keeping, and used for cooking only. The name 

 comes from the Cistercian Abbey of Warden in Beds. 

 Parkinson's Warden is now Black Worcester. There 

 are Spanish, White and Red Wardens. 



Bishop's Thumb was originally called Bishop's Tongue. 



