THE 



Canadian Horticuiturist 



APRIL, 1903 



Volume XXVI 



mm 



PITMASTON 



(PITMASTON DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME) 



Number 4 



THIS is a pear which has succeeded so 

 well in our own orchard at Grims- 

 by that we are anxious to see it 

 tested in all parts of Ontario where dwarf 

 pears will flourish. 



Origin : Raised by the late Mr. Williams, 

 of Pitmaston, near Worcester, England, 

 from crossing Duchesse d'Angouleme with 

 Glout Morceau, and originally known as 

 Pitmaston Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



Tree: Vigorous, productive, and suited 

 to pyramidal training. 



Fruit : Very large and handsome, some- 

 times 4}i inches long by 2^ inches wide ; 

 skin, smooth, fine ; color, pale lemon, thick- 

 ly covered with patches of delicate cinnamon 

 colored russet ; stem, one inch long, stout, 

 and inserted either level or in a small narrow 

 basin; calyx large and open, set in a wide 

 cavity. 



FjvESH : Tender, melting, and very juicy ; 

 flavor, very rich, vinous, perfumed. 



Quality : Very good. 



Value : First-class for distant shipment. 



Season : October and November. 



reports on pitmaston. 



Dr. Robert Hogg, Vice-President of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society, London, Eng- 

 land : " A very handsome pear of the finest 

 quality ; in use from October till the end of 

 November. Fruit too large to be grown as 

 a standard." 



Mr. R. D. Blackmore, of Teddington, 

 England : " It is good, but not of the first 

 quality ; much better than Glout Morceau or 

 Duchess, but worthless on a wall." 



THE DWARF PEAR ORCHARD. 



Mr. Wm. Armstrong, Barrie, Ont., writes 

 as follows : 



SiK, — 1 am thinking about planting some dwarf 

 pe rs, such as Bartlett. Duchcss and Clapp's Fav- 

 orite. Wh it about the Dempse-y ? Alt>o about 

 some Japan plums, Red June or Burbank. 



I have good stioug clay soil, and rich. What 

 would your choice be out of the above pears, and 

 what would you advise me to plant. All lor home 

 markets. 



In planting an orchard of dwarf pears for 

 the home markets, one should seek to cover 

 the season so as to keep up successive ship- 

 ments. 



