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THE GILOGIL PEAR. 



Gile-6-gile. Noisette, Manuel Complet, p. 531. 



Gros gobet ~i of some French Gardens; but not the Poire a 



Dagobert i Gobet of Duhamel. 



Gilogil. Hort. Soc. Cat. no. 289. 



A valuable winter Pear, although not of first- 

 rate excellence. It is a great bearer, has a tole- 

 rably pleasant flavour, is very handsome, and keeps 

 well till March. As a baking Pear it is particularly 

 useful; but it is difficult to stew whole, on account 

 of its becoming too soft. 



According to the French, this will remain in 

 use till April and May : we have not seen any 

 instance of its possessing such a property in Eng- 

 land ; but it probably would, if grown as an open 

 standard, for which it is undoubtedly well adapted. 

 It should, however, be observed, that the period of 

 ripening in Pears depends very much upon the time 

 afe which their blossoms open ; fruit produced by 

 late bi^soms will invariably keep later than such as 

 comes fro^i early blossoms : hence it happens, not 

 unfrequei>tly^ that chambered fruit will vary as 

 much as a month or six weeks in the tmie of its 

 being fit for the table. 



Wood very vigorous, bright brown, with nu- 

 merous small russet spots. 



Leaves thick, flat, recurved, regularly serrated 



Flowers middle-sized, roundish-oval. 



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