PEARS AND PEAR-GROWING 349 



Josephine de Malines. A small winter Pear of good 

 flavour. 



Winter Nelis. One of the best late varieties, pro- 

 ductive and of good flavour. 



Glou Morqeau (F) . One of the best of the late varieties, 

 excellent quality. 



Knight's Monarch (F). A garden variety suitable for 

 a cordon. Splendid quality. 



Easter Beurre. A free-bearing late sort of good quality. 



Beurre Ranee (F). One of the latest. 



The task of making a choice among Pears for a small 

 collection would be easier than it is if there were more 

 cases in which melting flesh and delicious aroma were 

 united with vigour of growth and free bearing. Un- 

 fortunately, it happens that some of the finest-flavoured 

 varieties are weak or susceptible to disease. Striking an 

 average, we might say that the following are a few of 

 the best all-round varieties : 



Jargonelle. Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



Williams's Bon Chretien. Marguerite Marillat. 



Dr. Jules Guyot. Beurre d'Amanlis. 



Beurre Hardy. Doyenne* du Cornice. 



Emile d'Heyst. Beurre Superfin. 



Conference. Glou Morceau. 



The varieties are in approximate ripening order, and 

 due account is taken of the importance of getting good 

 flavour. 



The Pear is a peculiarly good cordon-tree fruit because 

 it has the natural habit of bearing on mature wood in 

 the form of " spurs/' or short, sturdy growths well 

 studded with fruit buds. When Pears are grown as 

 standards, pyramids or espaliers on the natural or Pear 

 stock in the old style they are many seasons in forming 



