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after " The Father of French Agricul- 

 ture," M. Olivier de Serres. b, mid. ; /, 

 Feb. -March. 



PiTMASTON Duchess, seedling, raised 

 by Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston, near 

 Worcester, obtained from Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme with Glou Morceau pollen, 

 about 1840. Occasionally but rarely self- 

 fertile, b, one of latest; /, Oct.-Nov. 



Princess, raised and introduced by 

 Messrs. Kivers about 1886. b, early; /, 

 Oct.-Nov. 



Roosevelt, introduced by Messrs. Bal- 

 tet, of Troyes, in France, about 1906. 

 b, early ; /, Oct. 



Seckle, an American pear, first exhi- 

 bited in London in 1819. h, mid. ; /, Oct.- 

 Nov. 



Souvenir du Congres, said to be a 

 good pear for market, b, mid. ; /, Sept. 



Thompson's, raised by Van Mons before 

 1820, dedicated to the famous Fruit Super- 

 intendent of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, England, b, earlj' ; /, Oct.-Nov. 



Triomphe de Vienne, raised by M. J. 

 CoUaud, gardener at Montagnon, and in- 

 troduced by M. Blanchet of Vienne, near 

 Lyons, France, b, late; /, Sept. 



Urbaniste was raised previous to 1786, 

 in the garden of a nunnery at Malines 

 belonging to the Urbanistes. /, Oct. 



Uvedale's St. Germain, raised by Dr. 

 Uvedale, a schoolmaster at Eltham, in 

 Kent, in 1690. b, mid.; /, Jan. -April. 



Vicar of Winkfield, found growing 

 wild in a wood in 1760, by M. Leroy, Cure 

 of Villiers-en-Brenne, in the department 

 of the Indre, France. Introduced into 

 England by Rev, W. L. Rham, the Vicar 

 of Winkfield, in Berkshire, hence the 

 name. /. Dec. -Jan. 



White Doyenne, a very old variety, a 



very favourite Pear in France and 

 Germany. Self-fruitful in England and 

 U.S.A. b, mid.; /, Sept.-Oct. 



Williams' Bon Chretien, raised a short 

 time previous to 1770 by a schoolmaster at 

 Aldermaston. in Berkshire, distributed by 

 Mr. Williams, of the Turnham Green Nur- 

 series, Middlesex, introduced into America 

 in 1799 by Mr. iinoch Bartlett, of Dor- 

 chester, near Boston, hence called " Bart- 

 lett " in America. Occasionally self- 

 fertile, b, late; /, Sept. 



Winter Nelis, raised early in the last 

 century by Mr. Jean Charles Nelis, of 

 Malines, in Belgium, and introduced into 

 this country by the Horticultural Society 

 of London in 1818. Self-sterile, b, early; 

 /, Nov. -Jan. 



Winter Windsor, a very old English 

 variety, is recommended for regrafting 

 pear trees found to be unprofitable. 



The majority of Pears are absolutely 

 self-sterile. Self-fertilized fruits have 

 been obtained by Mr. Fred Chittenden, 

 Director of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Gardens at Wisley, in the fol- 

 lowing varieties : — Passe Colmar, Jargon- 

 elle, Dr. Jules Guyot, Hacon's Incompar- 

 able, Marie Louise, White Doyenne, Veru- 

 1am or Black Pear of Worcester, Hessle, 

 Easter Beurre, Pitmaston Duchess 

 (rarely), Williams Bon Chretien (rarely). 

 Doyenne Boussoch, Beurre Bachelier. 



The above information as to the his- 

 tories of the different varieties of Pear, 

 is gleaned chiefly from " The Hereford- 

 shire Pomona," by Dr. Bull (1880-1884); 

 " The Fruit Manual," by Dr. Hogg (1884) ; 

 and " Fruit Catalogue of Messrs. G. Bun- 

 yard and Co.," of Maidstone, Kent (1919). 

 Edited by Mr. Edward A. Bunyard, 

 F.L.S., a most interesting work as to the 

 origin of fruits, price 6d 



