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covered with patches of russet, stalk over an inch long. 

 Flesh yellowish white, fine grained, buttery, and 

 melting. A very fine pear indeed. March and later. 



Bon Chretien. (Williams.) The Bartlett of United States. 

 A prime favourite all the w r orld over, unsurpassed in its 

 season as a market fruit, and has no competitor for 

 canning purposes. Has been most successfully shipped 

 to London from the Cape. It is worthy of note that 

 30,000 cases of this one variety are sold in Co vent 

 Garden daily during its French season. A free bearer, 

 and upright grower. Ripens up well after picking, and 

 will be mealy and unpalatable if allowed to ripen on tbe 

 tree. Fruit large, pyriform, pale green, changing to 

 yellow when ripe, and reddish on sunny side. Flesh 

 white, fine-grained, buttery, melting, delicious flavour, 

 and powerful musky aroma. Bears young. February. 



Clapp's Favourite. A large early pear, resembling Williams' 

 Bon Chretien, but ripens about one week earlier than 

 the latter. Skin pale yellow, with brown dots. Flesh 

 melting, buttery, juicy, with sweet vinous flavour. 

 Tree very hardy and productive, and likely to succeed 

 where others fail. 



December. The well-known Cape Christmas Pear. Tree a 



vigorous and upright grower, an excellent and regular 



bearer. Fruit small and of good flavour. The earliest 

 known pear, ripe during December. 



Doyenne du Cornice. Large, varying, roundish, pyriform. 

 Skin yellow, covered with specks and patches of brown 

 russet, particularly round the stalk. Flesh very tender,, 

 buttery, melting, juicy, and rich. A most delicious 

 dessert pear. Tree a healthy grower and free bearer. 

 Stalk ^ inch to 1 inch long. Good for shipping. March 

 and later. 



Duchesse D'Angrouleme. Fruit large to very large, roundish* 

 obdurate, very uneven in outline. Skin pale yellow? 

 covered with veins of pale brown russet ; sometimes 

 takes a brownish tint. Stalk an inch long, and stout. 

 Flesh white, buttery, melting, delicious. A dessert pear 

 of great excellence, and an excellent shipper. Tree of 

 slender growth, one of the best on quince. April. 



Easter Buerre. A standaid late variety, all over the world, of 

 large size and excellent quality. Fruit roundish, flat y 

 sometimes almost square. Skin yellowish green, freely 

 sprinkled with russety dots. Flesh white, firm, grained, 

 very buttery, melting, delicious. Tree a moderate 

 grower, free bearer. Very good for export. Will keep 

 several months. May and later. 



