152 Mr. Knighfs Seedling Pears. 



half an inch in length. Skin yellowish-brown and consider- 

 ably russeted. Flesh yellowish, juicy and rich : a very good 

 pear. Season, February and March. 



Note. — The Pengethley Pear remains in perfection quite as 

 late in the spring as the March Bergamot ; and it is larger 

 and more juicy, and its appearance more inviting. Some 

 persons who tasted both in the present spring, thought it the 

 best pear of the two. The very high price of pears in the 

 spring, in the London and other markets, induces me to think 

 that both these varieties might be cultivated with much ad- 

 vantage. This first appeared in the autumn of 1831, and 

 was then very fine. The tree is large, and its growth exces- 

 sively luxuriant. 



3. Ross Pear. Fruit large, obovate. Eye open and slight- 

 ly sunken. Stalk short, moderately thick. Skin yellowish 

 green interspersed with russet. Flesh inclining to yellow, 

 gritty near the core, but rich, juicy, and sugary throughout. 

 Season, January. 



Note. — This first appeared in 1832. The fruit was all of 

 large size ; and I suspect that, in a more favorable season and 

 better climate, it will become very large. The growth of the 

 original tree is extremely luxuriant. 



4. Oakley-Park Bergamot. Fruit middle-sized, roundish 

 obovate, resembling a large swan's egg. Eye, partly open, 

 in a regular formed cavity. Stalk an inch and a half in 

 length, rather slender, and a little sunk at its insertion. Skin 

 greenish-yellow, sprinkled with russet. Flesh buttery and 

 melting, rich and excellent. Season, October. 



Note. — The tree is of free growth, and has borne in the 

 three last years. 



5. Brougham Pear. Nearly of the middle-size, obovate. 

 Eye open in a regular formed depression. Stalk short. Skin 

 yellowish-russet. Flesh yellowish- white, buttery, a little gritty 

 near the core, sugary and rich. Season, November. This 

 sort is highly deserving of cultivation where flavor rather than 

 size is the principal object. 



Note. — This is not a small pear, though the sample sent 

 was small. It is at least as big as the Autumn Bergamot ; 

 but I "had sent away to several friends the largest and best 

 samples ; and I never saw ray pears so small as in this year, 



