106 THE PEAR. 



this continent than by the original name by which it is known 

 in England. 



The tree is vigorous and upright, tolerably hardy, though 

 not quite hardy enough to thrive weU in the St. Lawrence and 

 •Ottawa districts of Ontario and other places of a like climate. 

 In favorable climates it bears early and very abundantly. The 

 fruit is of large size, yellow, with a slight blush on some speci- 

 mens; flesh buttery, fine-grained, juicy, sweet, with a peculiar 

 musky vinous flavor. Eipens about the middle of September. 

 WeU grown samples sell from seven to ten dollars per barrel in 

 the city markets. 



Beuree Bosc. — Unfortunately this splendid variety is not 

 sufficiently hardy to thrive well in those parts where the Heart 

 and Bigarreau Cherries do not succeed. But in those places 

 where it can be grown it has always maintained its reputation as 

 3. fruit of the "best" quality. The tree is a vigorous, somewhat 

 irregular grower, producing its fruit not in clusters, as is usual 

 with the pear, but singly, thus distributing the fruit very evenly 

 over the tree, and giving to each specimen sufficient space to 

 ^attain its full size without the necessity of thinning the fruit. 



The fruit is large, tapering very gradually to the stalk, color 

 yellowish cinnamon russet, sometimes with a ruddy glow on the 

 exposed side; flesh very buttery, rich and dehcidus, quality 

 "best." Eipe in October. This fruit always commands the 

 highest market price. 



Beuree Clairgeau. — Such are the vigor and healthy ap- 

 pearance of this tree, combined with early bearing and great pro- 

 ductiveness, and such the beauty and attractiveness of the fruit, 

 possessing also an excellent flavor, that it will doubtless prove to 

 be a valuable and profitable variety. It is probably, on the 

 whole, as hardy as the Bartlett, and nearly as productive. 



The fruit is large, pear-shaped, color yellow shaded with 

 crimson; flesh yellowish, juicy, buttery, with a pleasant vinous 

 flavor; quality almost "very good." Eipe in l^ovember and 

 December. Those who find the Bartlett to succeed well, may 



