PEARS. 179 



red the tree grows to a large size before it bears, it 

 is then very fruitful. The limbs are long, and when 

 full of fruit, hang like a willow this pear should be 

 always suffered to hang on the tree till ripe ; the growth 

 of the tree is very vigorous; the size large ; the time of 

 the fruit ripening is about the middle of July. 



5. EARLY SUMMER BERGAMOT. 



This is one of the finest pears of the season, when 

 eaten before it is too ripe. The skin is green, full of 

 small russet spots, but when fully ripe it becomes 

 yellow it is a highly flavoured juicy fruit if gathered 

 from the tree, but when too ripe it becomes dry, and 

 loses its flavour the size is small, of a round form, 

 the flesh rich and sprightly it is the least vigorous 

 pear tree in our country of moderate size and great 

 hardiness; free from blight the fruit in perfection 

 from the middle to the end of Julv. 



6, BELLISSIME D'ETE, 5 OR THE BEAUTY OF 

 SUMMER. 



The fruit is small, and singularly beautiful the 

 skin is smooth, of a bright yellow, the cheek towards 

 the sun of a brilliant red, with small dots the form 



