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THE MARIE LOUISE PEAR. 



Marie Louise. Hort. Trans, vol. ii. p. 406; vol. Hi. p. 120; 

 vol. iv. p. 519, j^g. 20. Fruit Cat. no. 393. 



The first information of the existence of this 

 Pear, was obtained from a box of fruit sent to the 

 Horticultural Society, in November 1816, by Dr. 

 Van Mons, of Brussels, by whom it had been 

 raised. 



Since that period the variety has been very ex- 

 tensively cultivated ; and the high opinion that was 

 entertained of its good qualities when it first arrived, 

 has been amply confirmed by experience. 



It has been found one of the most valuable of 

 our Autumn Pears, bearing equally well on a stand- 

 ard and a wall, resisting the inclemency of such 

 a climate as even that of Norfolk, and appearing 

 capal?le of affording a certain crop, under whatever 

 circumstances it may be placed. In flavour and 

 beauty it has scarcely a superior. In the unfavour- 

 able season of 1829, while even the Achan Pear, 

 which the Scotch consider one of the best adapted 

 to their northern situation, acquired no flavour as 

 a standard near London, the Marie Louise gained 

 its usual size, colour, and flavour. 



There can be scarcely any doubt that the Pear 

 mentioned in Mr. Loudon's useful Gardener's Ma- 

 gazine, vol. iii. p. 353, under the name of the Forme 



