OF PEARS. 13.5 



.31. Ambrette. Duham, n,65, t.31, Langley 

 Pom. t, 6G,Jll<. Pom, Aiist. t,\AO. This is esteemed 

 a very good pear ; tlie flesh is quite melting, and 

 i'liU of sweet perfumed juice. It comes into eat- 

 ing about the beginning of January. 



52. Epine d'Hiver ; Winter Thorn, Duham, 

 n, G-i. L 44. f, 8, Langley Pom, t, 67. f, 6. Pom, 

 Aust, t, 136. This has a very tender buttery 

 pulp, of an agreeable taste, with a sweet juice 

 highly perfumed. It is in eating about the latter 

 end of December. 



53. St. Germain Pear.* Duliam, n, QQ, f, 5^, 

 Pom, Aust, t, US, Poit. et Turp, Fr, t, S9> Hooker 

 Pom, Lond, t, 5, This is a fine fruit and keeps 

 long ; the flesh is melting, and very full of juice, 

 which in a dry season, or if planted on a warm 

 dry soil, is very sweet. This is in eating from 

 December till February. 



54. St. Austin. DuJiam, n, 99. t, 58. f, 3, 

 Pom, Aust, t, 1(>3. This pear is pretty full of 

 juice, which is often a little sharp \ the flesh is 



* This pear, owing to the hot and dry Summer (1801), has 

 come into- eating six weeks sooner this season than I ever 

 remember ; and, of course, will be so much sooner out than 

 usual. 



This is an excellent bearer, when planted as a dwarf stan^rd^ 

 and comes in succession, after the same sort of pears on wall- 

 trees are over. 



It is to be observed, that, in dry seasons, fruit should not 

 be suflPered to sweat so long in the heaps as directed in the 

 chapter On Gathering and Laying-up Fruit ; perhaps a 

 fortnight wfll be long enough. 4. 



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