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THE EARLY BERGAMOT PEAR. 



Among a collection of Pear-trees sent in 1820 

 by the late M. Thouin to the Horticultural Society, 

 was a sort called De Hucliet, which, upon fruiting 

 in the Chiswick Garden, proved to be the kind now 

 figured. But Mr. Thompson has ji\stly remarked, 

 that this cannot possibly be the Poire de Huchet, 

 although no description of that kind is upon record ; 

 and for the following reasons : — In the first place, 

 the name, which signifies a post-boy's horn, is 

 entirely at variance with the form of this ; and 

 secondly, it is almost certain that the De Huchet is 

 a Perry Pear, and not a table variety ; for it is so con- 

 sidered by M. Thouin, in the list which accompanied 

 the collection sent to the Horticultural Society in 

 1820, and it is mentioned by Mayer as forming a 

 part of the treatise of the Marquis de Chambray, 

 of which, it appears from the list of gardening books 

 quoted in the Pomona Franconica, the title is " L'Art 

 de cultiver les Pommiers et les Poiriers, et de faire 

 du Cidre selon I'usage de Normandie, par le M. de 

 Chambray. Paris, 1765." 



That this is not the Pear under the name of 

 which it was sent, appears therefore to be certain. 

 It is equally clear that it is unlike any kind culti- 

 vated in this country. About the period when it 

 ripens we have none that are half as good. It is a 

 most excellent variety of its season, and well worth 

 growing. 



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