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The Madeleine, or Citron des Calmes, is a very early 

 but a very poor pear ; it ripens in July, and bears 

 abundantly. Saint Jean is a very early little pear, said 

 to ripen at Midsummer, and doing so in reality not 

 much later. It, too, is little worth the attention of the 

 private grower ; but those who grow for the market are 

 often glad of abundant bearers of early sorts. Cailot 

 Hosat is another early pear which has the merit of 

 being a most abundant bearer : the crop is immense, 

 but the pear not very fine in flavour, although tolerably 

 sweet and juicy. 



As we get on to September and October, fine-flavoured 

 pears become much more plentiful. 



Beurre d'Amaulis is a nice juicy pear, and a good 

 bearer. The fruit is yellowish-green, with russet 

 markings, quite above the middle size, rather thick 

 made, with an open eye in a shallow basin, and rather a 

 short stalk set not quite straight in a very small cavity. 

 It must be eaten when it is ready, or it loses its flavour ; 

 but it is, notwithstanding, a useful tree to have, as its 

 pretty plentiful crop comes in conveniently after the 

 very early kinds. It ripens in September. 



Graciali, Summer Bon Cretien, or Boncretien d'Ete, 

 ripens late in September, and is one of the earliest 

 really fine-flavoured pears we have. It is a round, 

 yellow-green pear, with a russet tinge, above the middle 

 size, and full of delicious, sub-acid, highly-flavoured 

 juice. The eye is small and prominent, in an evenly 

 formed shallow basin. The stalk is short, and set in a 

 very slight cavity. It will do on pear or quince stocks ; 

 and as it ripens, and so becomes liable to fall by the 

 time of the rough winds, when they come early, it is 

 best to keep it to a dwarf habit of growth. It is an 

 old variety, and is apt to be delicate in unfavourable 

 localities. 



The Swan's Egg, that old-fashioned, old English pear, 

 is worth cultivating from its nice flavour and productive- 

 Bess, in spite of its very small size. It is a small round 

 pear, greenish-yellow when ripe, with russet specks, 

 and dull brown on the sunny side sometimes, and the 



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