32 THE BOOK OF PEARS AND PLUMS 



Napoleon has fourteen. " Second rate " (Barron). 



Red Doyenne has eleven, chiefly French. The fruit 

 is superior to White D. (November). 



Glou Morceau has twelve or thirteen, chiefly French. 

 It is excellent in a warm soil and site (November and 

 December). 



PEARS FOR PERRY 



Our people are beginning to discover that we can 

 and ought to make as good Cider and Perry as is made 

 in any country. Mr RadclyfFe Cooke in his " Cider and 

 Perry " gives the following list : 



Early Varieties. Yellow and Black Huff- 



cap. 



Barland. 



Moorcroft. Late. 



Red Pear. 

 Taynton Squash. Blakeney Red. 



Butt Pear. 

 Midsummer. Oldfield. 



Pine Pear. 

 Langland Rock Pear. 



Sixty varieties appear in the List sent to the Pear 

 Conference of the R.H.S., October 1885. 



GATHERING AND STORING 



Mid-Season and late pears should be gathered in dry 

 weather as soon as they come easily from the tree. Lift 

 gently, and gather by degrees as the fruits ripen, those 

 on south side first. Use padded baskets, and treat good 

 fruits with loving care. Beware of piling a large quan- 

 tity in one basket, of turning or rolling out instead of 



