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grower. It does well for pyramids and dwarf bushes, 

 and is good for training, being well furnished with buds. 

 Mr. Eivers has grown it successfully on the Hawthorn. 



I have purposely made my list of keeping pears as 

 lengthy as that of the more generally grown autumn 

 varieties, on account of the great value of their fruit- 

 when this is almost the only choice fruit to be had. No 

 garden should be without Crassane, Winter Nelis, 

 Beurre d'Aremberg, Chaumontelle, Beurre Eance, and 

 Easter Beurre, if a good tree of this last can be had. 



The latest pears may often be left on the trees until 

 the end of October, but the exact time of gathering, 

 experience and the season must decide. In tolerably 

 early seasons the eighth of October is said to be the day 

 for gathering Chaumontelles ; but any rule of the sort 

 must, of course, be subject to variation with varying 

 seasons and circumstances. 



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VARIETIES OP THE LAST CENTURY. 



THE age and origin of our choicest varieties of pears is 

 a subject of great interest. "Whereas many first-class 

 sorts have rewarded careful culture within the present 

 century, others date back hundreds of years. The 

 Autumn Bergamotte, a nice, familiar, and popular Octo- 

 ber pear, is said to have been known in the time of 

 Julius Caesar ; the Easter Bergamotte, a nice late pear 

 (distinct from Easter Beurre), was known in the reign 

 of Elizabeth ; the Summer Bon Chretien is mentioned 

 as far back as 1629 ; and the early Beurre, or Ambrosia, 

 was brought to England from Prance at the time of 

 the Eestoration. The Angelique de Bordeaux (Poir 

 Angelique of Miller) was introduced in or about 1700 ; 

 the Chaumontelle was a new kind in 17GO ; and our 

 Jargonelle, Yirgouleuse, Winter Bon Chretien, and many 

 others, are mentioned as long back as 1727. 



