PEARS. 663 



former, and better also. The Red Warden and Spanish Warden are 

 reckoned among the most excellent of peares either to bake or to 

 roast for the sicke or for the sound. And indeed the Quince and the 

 Warden are the two onely fruits are permitted to the sicke to eate at 

 any time." The Spanish Warden still exists as a choice baking pear. 

 The arms of Warden Abbey were " ar three Warden pears, or two 

 and one " ; but the counter seal appended to the deed of surrender 

 preserved among the " Augmentation Records " bears the abbatial 

 arms, namely, a demi-crosier between three Warden pears. 



Warwick Bergamot. See White Doyenne. 



WATERLOO. Fruit, medium sized ; turbinate, broad at the apex. 

 Skin, pale green in the shade, brownish red, with a few streaks of 

 brighter red next the sun, thickly covered with grey russety dots. Eye, 

 open, with short erect segments, and set in a deep, wide, and even 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in a small round 

 cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy, sugary, and perfumed. 



A dessert pear of second-rate quality ; ripe in September, bears well 

 as a standard. 



WELBECK BERGAMOT (Hepworth). Fruit, above medium size ; 

 roundish, uneven in its outline, and bossed about the stalk. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, of a lemon-yellow colour, thickly sprinkled with 

 large russet specks, and with a blush of light crimson on the side next 

 the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 three-quarters of an inch long, inserted in an uneven cavity. Flesh, 

 white, rather coarse-grained, half-melting, very juicy, and sugary, but 

 without any flavour. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in the end of October and November. 



White Autumn Beurre. See White Doyenne. 

 White Beurre. See White Doyenne. 



WHITE DOYENNE (Beurre Blanc; Bonne Ente; Citron de 

 Septembre; Deans; Doyenne Blanc; Doyenne Picte; Neige; Pine; St. 

 Michel; Seigneur ; Snoic ; Warwick Bergamot; White Autumn Beurre ; 

 White Beurre). Fruit, above medium size ; obovate, handsome, and 

 regularly formed. Skin, smooth and shining ; pale bright green at first, 

 and changing as it attains maturity to pale yellow, and when well 

 exposed it has sometimes a fine red on the side next the sun. Eye, 

 very small and closed, set in a shallow and slightly plaited basin. 

 Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, fleshy, and set in a small 

 round cavity. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, and of a rich, sugary, 

 and delicately perfumed and somewhat vinous flavour. 



An excellent autumn dessert pear ; ripe in September and October. 

 The tree is healthy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer, succeeds well 

 as a standard either on the pear or quince stock. The fruit is best 



