Varieties for Small Gardens 



Hessle (or Hazel). Oct. Small fruits, but sweet 

 and juicy. Not of first-rate quality, but abundant. 



* Fertility. Sept. A great bearer, very hardy, 

 provides pollen for other sorts which are self- 

 sterile. 



Conference. Oct. Large, pyriform, good quality. 



* Pitmasion Duchess. Oct. -Nov. Very large 

 and juicy. A vigorous grower and must not be 

 too severely winter-pruned. 



* Durondean. Nov. Large, handsome fruits, 

 russety bronze in colour and of good quality. 



Doyenne du Cornice. Nov. The best flavoured 

 pear in existence, but sometimes a shy bearer. 



* Beurre Super fin. Oct. -Nov. Good cropper, 

 delicious flavour. 



* Beurre Diel. Oct. -Nov. Large fruits some 

 what roundish in shape. A heavy cropper. 



* Louise Bonne of Jersey. Oct. Speckled, hand- 

 some fruits. 



Marie Louise. Oct.-Nov. A delicious pear, but 

 the tree is somewhat tender. It will not do directly 

 on the Quince, but succeeds when double-grafted, 

 i.e., when another variety (e.g., Beurre d'Amanalis) 

 is first grafted on the Quince and Marie Louise then 

 grafted on the first graft. 



* Glou Morceau. Dec.- Jan. A hardy, first-rate 

 dessert pear. 



Catillac. Dec.-April. An excellent cooking pear. 



* Easter Beurre. Jan.-March. An excellent pear. 



(iii.) BUSH PLUMS. 

 * A short list of eight sorts marked thus. 



* Rivers' Early Prolific. K. D. End of July. 

 Oval, purple fruits. Bears well. 



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