THE 



Canadian Horticuuurist 



NOVEMBER, 1902. 



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THE TEIUMPH PEAR 



Volume XXV 



Number ii 



(TRIOMPHE DE VIENNE.) 



SOME years ag"o our Association sent 

 out among- its members trees of the 

 Triomphe de Vienne pear, asking them to 

 report on its merits. Previous to this we 

 do not know of its being grown by any one 

 in Ontario. The tree which was sent to the 

 writer has now been bearing fruit at Maple- 

 hurst for several years, and we are so well 

 pleased with it that we have made it the 

 subject of the frontispiece for this num- 

 ber. 



Like the Anjou, Bartlett, Duchess and 

 many other excellent kinds, it is of French 

 origin, but it finds in Ontario a congenial 

 soil, and promises to be an excellent com- 

 mercial variety. One point in its favor in 

 these days when we are so given to value 

 everything in dollars and cents, is its large 

 size and showy appearance which would 

 command attention in any market, but, in 

 point of flavor, it is not equal to many 

 other well-known kinds. 



The tree appears to be a fine healthy and 

 vigorous grower, and, consideriug the size 

 of the fruit, may be said to be productive. 



The flesh of this pear is creamy-white in 

 color, buttery in texture, and rather juicy, 



while the flavor is sweet and very good. In 

 season, it is later than the Bartlett, coming 

 in between the 15th and 30th of September. 

 The season of maturity, however, is of less 

 importance these days than in the days be- 

 fore cold storage, for by this means we can 

 keep tender pears for many weeks after 

 their natural season of maturity. 



One of the most important questions 

 which we can ask about a new fruit is its 

 shipping qualities, for, if in ordinary cold 

 storage we may, without too great risk, 

 send a fruit to a foreign market, we may 

 plant it with the assurance that, it our home 

 markets become glutted by over production, 

 as indeed they are certain to be, we may- 

 yet dispose of our products across the sea at 

 reasonable prices. 



Looking over the list of pears commend- 

 ed as desirable for planting in Ontario, with 

 a view to export, we find in our experimental 

 plot two others which seem worth adding, 

 namely the Hoosic and the Pitmaston, the 

 latter of which we are inclined to look upon 

 with especial favor, and will take an early 

 opportunity to describe for the benefit of 

 our readers. 



