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MY GARDEN. 



taking it all in all, is the perfection of a pear. Its excellence o 

 flavour, its hardiness, its constancy of bearing, its uniformity oj 

 ripening, with its beauty of form and colour, together with ifcl 

 texture and power of keeping a reasonable time, render it one of the 

 most desirable of fruits. 



About this time Thompson's (fig. 282) ripens. It is of the 



highest excellence, and should not 

 be omitted from any garden. 



The Louise Bonne in its turn 

 gives place to Marie Louise (fig. 

 283), the great gift of Van Mons to j 

 the world. This is the best of 1 

 thousands of seedlings this dis- 

 tinguished pomologist raised. All 

 FIG. 283 -Marie Louise. garc jeners contrive to keep their 

 Marie Louise as long as possible. Unfortunately, the blossoms of 

 this fruit very badly -withstand the frosts of spring, and so the trees 

 seldom give a crop. 



November now arrives, and brings with it a pear the Beurre de 

 Capiaumont (fig. 284) which is hardy, and constantly gives a crop. 

 I think it a useful pear, but it is unsaleable in the market, and 

 is generally sold on the barrows in the streets. 



After, or about the same time as the Beurre de Capiaumont, 

 the Beurre Clairgeau (fig. 285) ripens. Although a coarse pear, it 



FIG. 282. Thompson's. 



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FIG. 284. Peurre de 

 Capiaumont. 



FIG. 286. Doyenne de 

 Cornice. 



FIG. 287. Crasanue. 



FIG. 285. Jleurre Clairgeau. 



is very handsome on the tree, and a great bearer. The tree 

 assumes the same form as one of the upright Lombard poplars. It 



