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THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE. 



TRIOMPHE DE VIENNE. Fruit very large, pyriform; 

 skin yellowish green, covered with russety dots ; 

 flesh melting, juicy, and highly flavoured ; ripe in 

 September. Tree vigorous, prolific, and succeeds 

 double-grafted. A fine late summer pear. 



URBANISTE. Fruit medium, oblong obovate ; skin 

 smooth, pale yellow, dotted and marked with russet, 

 and mottled with reddish brown ; flesh white, tender, 

 melting, juicy, richly flavoured and perfumed; ripe 

 in October. Tree hardy, and prolific when double- 

 grafted. 



VAN MONS LEON LECLERC. Fruit large, uneven pyri- 

 form ; skin dull yellow, dotted and traced with 

 russet, brownish red glow on the sun side ; flesh 

 yellowish white, buttery, melting, juicy, rich, and 

 vinous ; ripe in November. Tree hardy, a good 

 bearer, succeeding as a standard in warm soils and 

 situations, also double-grafted ; and produces fine 

 fruit against a wall. A fine pear. 



WILLIAMS' BON CHRETIEN. Fruit large, irregular pyri- 

 form, bossed ; skin smooth, pale green changing to 



yellow, tinged with streaks of red on the sun side ; 

 flesh white, tender, buttery, melting, juicy, deli- 

 ciously flavoured and perfumed ; ripe in August and 

 September. Tree hardy, a good but irregular bearer, 

 succeeds as a standard ; bears more freely on thf 

 quince. A favourite market pear. 



WINTER NELIS. Fruit medium, roundish obovate ; skin 

 yellowish green, covered with numerous russety 

 dots and patches of brown russet on the sun side ; 

 flesh yellowish, buttery, melting, vinous, richly 

 flavoured, and with a fine aroma ; ripe from Novem- 

 ber to February. Tree hardy, and a good bearer ; 

 succeeds well on the quince. One of the best winter 

 pears. 



ZEPHIRIN GREGOIRE. Fruit medium, roundish ; skin 

 greenish yellow, covered with russety dots and 

 markings ; flesh yellow, buttery, melting, juicy, 

 vinous, and rich, with a pleasant yet peculiar 

 aroma ; ripe in December and January. Tree 

 healthy, and a good bearer. 



DESSERT PEARS ARRANGED IN THEIR ORDER OF RIPENING. 



July or August. 

 Summer Doyenne". 

 Citron des Carmes. 



August. 

 Beacon. 

 Lammas. 

 Crawford. 

 Caillot Rosat. 

 Jargonelle. 

 Beurre Giffard. 

 Clapp's Favourite. 



September. 



Beurre de 1'Assomption. 

 Colmar d'Ete". 

 Williams' Bon Chretien. 

 Triomphe de Vienne. 

 Madame Treyve. 

 Souvenir du Congres. 

 Brockworth Park (Bonne d'Eze"e). 

 Hessle. 



Belle d'Ecully. 

 Beurre" d'Amanlis. 

 Dr. Hogg. 

 Autumn Nelia. 



* Flemish Beauty. 

 Summer Beurrd d'Aremberg. 

 Fertility. 



Andrew's. 



October. 



* Beurre Superfm. 



* Fondante d'Automne. 



* Jersey Gratioli. 

 Yat. 



Beurre Capiaumont. 



* British Queen. 

 Comte de Lamy. 



* Louise Bonne of Jersey. 

 Brown Beurre. 

 Seckle. 



* Doyenne Boussoch. 



* Madame Andre Leroy. 



* Beurre Hardy. 



* Jules d'Airoltes. 

 Urbaniste. 



* King Edward's. 



October and November. 



* Gansel's Bergamot. 



* Marie Louise. 



Althorp Crasanne. 

 Aston Town. 

 Bishop's Thumb. 

 Marshal de Cour. 

 Eyewood. 



Marie Louise d'Uccle. 

 Duchess d'Angoullme. 

 Beurre Bosc. 

 Huyshe's Bergamot. 

 Belle Julie. 

 Delices d'Hardenpont. 

 Red Doyenne^ 

 Magnate. 



Doyenne du Cornice. 

 Durondeau. 

 Suffolk Thorn. 

 Pitmaston Duchess. 

 Emile d'Heyst. 

 Beurre Alexandre Lucas- 

 Swan's Egg. 

 Beurre Diel. 

 Thompson's. 

 Beurr Clairgeau. 

 General Todleben. 

 Nouveau Poiteau, 



