92 PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING. 



Chretien, Fertility, Hessle, and Marie Louise d' Uccle. 

 Of these the three last named are as reliable as any, 

 and are extensively grown in various parts of the 

 country. If one tree of a stewing Pear is desired 

 the Catillac may be chosen. It is hardy, a free 

 bearer, and boys do not often steal the fruit. 



For bush or garden-culture good varieties from 

 August to the end of the year are: 1, Williams* 

 Bon Chretien ; 2, Souvenir du Congres ; 3, Beurre 

 d'Amanlis ; 4, Beurre Hardy ; 5, Beurre Superfin ; 

 6, Marechal de Cour ; 7, Louise Bonne of Jersey ; 

 8, Pitmaston Duchess ; 9, Durondeau ; 10, 

 Beurre Diel ; 11, Doyenne du Cornice; 12, 

 Emile d'Heyst. Marie Louise is excluded because 

 the blossom is tender and the fruit is liable to 

 attack by a fungus. For a reduced list choose 

 the first, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, and 

 eleventh. The fine old Jargonelle is one of the 

 best early Pears for standards in the Midlands, and 

 walls in the north, but is not a good (or much less 

 good) southern Pear. Later Pears, which require 

 to be grown against a wall in cold and northern 

 districts, are Glou Mor^eau, Josephine de Malines, 

 and Bergamotte Esperen. The varieties named 

 will give a supply for nine months, and are chosen 

 as among the best and most useful out of six 

 hundred. 



