252 PEARS. 



95. NEW BRIDGE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 430. 



Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about 

 two inches and three quarters long, and two inches and a 

 half in diameter. Eye small, with a short slender calyx. 

 Crown flat, not depressed. Stalk an inch long, a little ob- 

 liquely inserted. Skin dull gray, covered with thin gray rus- 

 set, and of a light, lively, shining brown on the sunny side. 



Flesh melting, a little gritty, with a sugary juice, but with- 

 out any peculiar flavour. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, and 

 will not keep longer than a few weeks. 



This is another of the new hardy Pears which are produ- 

 ced upon open standards in the Horticultural Garden at 

 Chiswick. 



96. POIRE DE LOUVAINE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 381. 

 Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, uneven on its surface, 



three inches long, and two inches and a half in diameter. 

 Eye small, closed with small short segments of the calyx, 

 sunk in a narrow hollow. Stalk half an inch long, curved, 

 obliquely inserted. Skin dull green, mixed with yellow, full 

 of russetty spots, and a little russetted round the eye. Flesh 

 very tender, slightly gritty, and full of a rich, very saccha- 

 rine, musky juice. 



Ripe the beginning of October, and fine till the end. 



This is a very excellent Pear, and one of those cultivated 

 in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick as an open stand- 

 ard. It highly deserves cultivation. 



97. POIRE FIGUE. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 266. 



Fruit middle-sized, of an oblong figure, irregularly form- 

 ed by the outward side being considerably more elongated 

 than the inner one next the tree, giving it a curved direction, 

 about three inches and a half long, and two inches and a 

 half in diameter. Eye small, open, with very short seg- 

 ments of the calyx. Stalk an inch long, curved, diagonally 

 inserted under a broad, elongated lip. Skin dull green, al- 

 most wholly covered with a thin gray russet, with scarcely 

 any additional colouring where exposed to the sun. Flesh 

 a little gritty, but mellow, with abundance of rich, saccha- 

 rine, and slightly musky juice. 



Ripe the end of October, and will keep good a month. 



This is not the Poire de Figue of KNOOP. It is one of 

 those hardy varieties bearing as an open standard in the 

 Horticultural Garden at Chiswick ; and, although not hand- 

 some, is a very excellent Pear. 



98. POIRE NEILL. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 431. 



