FRUIT-GARDES ING. 169 



sweet, and rich ; good as a table fruit, from December to Feb- 

 ruary. This variety is deserving extensive cultivation for its 

 beauty, large size, keeping qualities, and productiveness. 



WINTER NELIS, Nelis cTJIiver, La Bonne Malinoise, Spreeuw. 

 All accounts agree that this is a most excellent Winter Pear ; 

 its size is above medium, somewhat oval; its skin green and 

 russety, full of grey dots ; flesh yellowish white, melting, high- 

 flavored, with a musky perfume; at perfection in Decembei 

 and January. 



PERRY PEARS. 



BARLAND. This variety took its name from the original 

 tree, growing in a field called Bare Lands, in Herefordshire, 

 England. The fruit is smallish, of ovate form; skin dull 

 green, russeted with grey. It is deemed excellent for perry. 



HOLMORE. Fruit small globular ; skin of a dingy yellowish 

 green, tinged with red. Excellent perry is made of this variet} 

 in Herefordshire, England. 



HUFFCAP. There are several varieties of Pears bearing this 

 name, but the best perry is made of the true Herefordshire 

 Huffcap. The fruit is middle-sized, of pale green color, marked 

 with grey russet. 



MONARCH. A new Pear, considered by Mr. Knight as with 

 out a rival. The tree is of rapid growth, and an abundant 

 bearer; fruit large, of an extraordinary musky flavor, and 

 deemed excellent for perry ; good also for the table ; from 

 October to December and January. 



OLDFIELD. Fruit below the medium size, of pale green 

 color, with russety spots. An excellent perry fruit. Specific 

 gravity of its juice 1067. From this variety is made the cele- 

 brated Ledbury Perry. 



LONGLAND. Fruit very handsome, much like the Swan's 

 Egg in shape ; skin bright gold color, tinged and mottled with 

 a russety lively orange; specific gravity of its juice 1063. 

 The tree is handsome and upright, and much cultivated in 

 Herefordshire for perry. 



