330 THE PEAK. 



him here, in the pear season, a great many varieties, which he 

 boldly denounces as " rejected outcasts," bearing as handsome 

 and abundant crops as any kinds originated within the last ten 

 years. We shall recur to this subject more at length, here- 

 after, and will only state now, that by propagation on unhealthy 

 stocks, in a bad soil or climate, many sorts of pear have become 

 so enfeebled, as to be nearly worthless, near the sea-coast 

 where, indeed, only the hardier sorts will lonaj continue fair and 

 excellent. On the other hand, the same sort, (if the tree has 

 not been brought already diseased from the sea-board,) will 

 thrive and bear with all its natural vigour in the interiour. 

 And, finally, we have observed, that some of the newest Flemish 

 pears, being naturally of feeble habit, already show the same 

 marks of decay or want of vigour as the oldest sorts. 



In describing pears, we shall, as usual, designate the size by 

 comparison, as follows. Large, as the Beurre Diel or Bartlett ; 

 medium, as the Doyenne or Virgalieu ; small, as the Seckel. 

 With regard to form, pyriform, as the Beurre Bosc ; obtuse-py- 

 riform, as the Bartlett; obovate, (egg-shaped reversed,) as the 

 Doyenne or Virgalieu ; turbinate, (top-shaped,) as the Dear- 

 born's Seedling ; roundish, as the GansePs Bergamot. 



Pyriform. Obovate. Turbinate. Roundish. 



Fig. 131. Forms of Pears. 



With regard to the texture of the flesh ; buttery, as the Doy- 

 enne* and Bartlett ; crisp, as the Summer Bonchretien ; juicy, 

 as the Napoleon, and St. Germain ; as, in apples, the blossom 

 end is called the eye, the remains of the blossom found there, 

 the calyx, and the hollow in which it is placed, the basin. 



Class I. Summer Pears. 



1. AMIRE JOANNET. Thomp. 



Early sugar, Pom Man. 



Sugar Pear. Joannette. 



Harvest Pear. St. John s Pear. 



St. Jean. Archduc d'ete ? 



This fruit, better known here, as the Early Sugar pear, is ono 

 of the very earliest, ripening at the beginning of July in 



