LIST OF PEARS. 101 



18. Swan's Egg; this pear is too generally 

 known to require much comment ; it is of an 

 egg shape, and of a brownish green colour ; it is 

 a melting pear, full of very fine flavoured juice, 

 and one of the greatest bearers in cultivation; it 

 is ripe in November, and is good at Christmas, 



19. Paddington or Tarling; this pear is much 

 esteemed for its long keeping ; it is a handsome 

 fruit of a yellowish colour when ripe ; it is good 

 from March till the end of May best suited 

 for the wall. 



20. Golden Buerre ; this is a fine fruit, full 

 of very fine juice with melting flesh; it is in 

 perfection about November, and is a general 

 bearer against a wall. 



21. Bishop's Thumb ; this pear will do well 

 for wall or standards ; it is a long brown fruit, 

 large towards the eye, and tapering towards 

 the stalk ; it is a great bearer, and is good in 

 December. 



22. Gansell's Burgamot; this pear for its 

 rich melting flesh, and abundance of fine fla- 

 voured juice, is decidedly the finest pear of its 

 season ; it is rather a shy bearer, but will do best 

 against a wall ; I have often seen fine crops 



