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excellent bearer. Quite distinct from, and better than, 

 the Green Newtown Pippin. A good keeper ; does not 

 maintain its high reputation here. June to September. 



PEARS. 



Bergamotte Crassane. Fruit medium zize, roundish, flat- 

 tened. Skin greenish yellow, marked all over with 

 grey russet. Flesh white, buttery, melting, with a fine 

 perfume. Is a good bearer. Must be pruned long. 



Buerre BOSC. Large, true pyriform, of good quality. Skin 

 yellow, largely splashed with russet. Flesh white, fine, 

 melting, buttery. A free grower and prolific bearer ; a 

 dessert pear of good quality that does well in this 

 country. March and later. 



Buerre Clairgeau. A handsome, showy pear of the largest 

 size. Skin fine lemon colour, tinged red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, slightly coarse. A free 

 grower and very productive. Is not much favoured in 

 Covent Garden. March and later. 



Beurre Capianmont. Fruit medium size, obtuse pyriform. 

 Skin pale yellow, almost covered with cinnamon coloured 

 dots. A dessert pear of good quality ; tree hardy, 

 vigorous, and a very abundant bearer ; one of the 

 favourite pears throughout Australasia. Bears abun- 

 dantly, and young. Latest. 



Buerre Diel, or Magnifique. A large and handsome dessert 

 pear, of Belgian origin. Skin yellow, deepening marble, 

 with russety dots. Flesh yellowish white, sweet and 

 delicious. Tree a particularly free grower. This uear 

 is grown in several districts of Cape Colony as Buerre 

 Magnifique, and is highly esteemed. Good shipper. 

 March and later. 



Buerre Hardy. Fruit large, handsome, strikingly even in 

 contour. Skin shiny yellow, covered with russety spots. 

 Flesh white, sweet, melting, and perfumed. It is worthy 

 of note that this pear is very acceptable in Coveiit 

 Garden, fetching the highest price of any variety shipped 

 from California last year. One of the very best. March 

 and later. 



Beurre Superfln. Fruit above medium height, three inches 

 wide and a little more high, obovate, somewhat uneven 

 on the surface. Skin greenish yellow, considerably 



