THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN PEAR SUPPLY. 69 



suits it best. When it does well it is a very handsome, 

 excellent pear. 



The Beurre de Capiaumont is of middle size, pear- 

 shaped, tapering to the stalk, good-flavoured, and clear 

 cinnamon in colour, which is yellow in shade, but turns 

 ruddy in sunshine. It is ripe the middle of October, 

 and will keep several weeks. The eye is not sunk, and 

 the stalk is short, inserted without any cavity. It 

 succeeds well on the quince stock, and makes good open 

 dwarf trees. 



The Seckle is of American origin. It is a small, dull 

 brown, or brownish-green pear, with a bright red cheek, 

 and a delicious and peculiar flavour, unlike other pears. 

 It ripens before the end of October, and it will not 

 keep many days. It has a small open eye, with a 

 short calyx, prominently placed, and the stalk is short, 

 and obliquely fixed in a small cavity. This capital 

 little pear is among the best of the American varieties ; 

 it is very hardy, ripens its fruit with certainty, and 

 bears it in clusters at the ends of the branchesr 



Marie Louise is another very good October pear, 

 which often comes forward gradually, and remains in 

 use several weeks. It is a large, handsome-shaped 

 pear, of a rich yellow colour, when ripe, and bright red 

 on the sunny side if ripened in sunshine. The eye is 

 open, in a rather knobby basin, and the stalk is long, 

 and obliquely inserted in a small, uneven cavity. It is a 

 juicy, nice- flavoured pear, bears well as a standard, and 

 will do on a north wall. 



Louise Bonne is a large, pyramidal, very handsome, 

 very hardy, and very excellent pear; it is so ready 

 to grow in almost any locality, so fine in flavour, 

 and so handsome to look at, that no garden should 

 be without it. It is smooth and glossy, turning from 

 a fine green, with dull red on one side, to yellow 

 and crimson as it ripens. The eye is small, with a shoit 

 closed calyx in a rather deep round basin, and the stalk 

 is of medium length, set on obliquely, and often sur- 

 rounded with a delicate russet spot. It ripens late in 

 October, and keeps for many weeks. It succeeds on 



