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Besides these are Blakeney Red Trump Pear, 

 Honey Pear, Moorcroft, Malvern Hill, &c. Pears, 

 like apples, being named from places and people, 

 &c., each district having its own favourite sorts ; but 

 perhaps those in the previous list are the favourite. 



This subject of variety in both apple and pear is 

 interesting, as it has given rise to innumerable names 

 upon this head. My old pupil, Mr. Clement Cadle, 

 says : — 



It is almost impossible to give satisfactory information on the sorts 

 of fruit, because the same sort is not only known by different names 

 in different localities, but it also assumes a widely different character 

 under the influence of broad distinctions of soil and climate, and this 

 is more frequently the case with pears than apples. In a tour I 

 made last autumn in the south of Devonshire, I visited several farms 

 in the neighbourhood of Totnes and Paignton, and amongst a great 

 number of sorts that I there saw, I could in no instance recognize 

 either an apple or tree as being like those I had seen before in 

 Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, or Worcestershire. 



In selecting for producing cider or perry it is very important, not 

 only to get those kinds which suit the district, but to get a variety 

 in their character, especially for making good cider. Thus, some of 

 the apples should be sour, others sweet, bitter-sweet, tart, and harsh, 

 as much of the keeping character of the cider depends upon this 

 mixture, which also makes it fine down well. It may be remarked 

 that sweet or eating sorts of pears seldom make perry that will keep 

 any length of time, or that fines well. 



There is another peculiar feature in regard to sorts of fruit, namely, 

 that each variety has its day, then gradually dies out. The trees 

 become non-bearers, and their places are filled with new sorts. This 

 is especially the case with the Hagloe crab, Fox whelp, and Skryme's 

 kernel, which seldom bear or grow well now, and are nearly gone. 



R. A. S. Journal S.S., vol. i. pp. 18, 19. 



As regards pears, it should be stated that, while in 

 Worcester, Gloucester, and Hereford much perry is 



