flavour. Eye, open, in shallow irregular basin. Stem, 

 short, rather stout, generally at an angle. Growth, 

 moderate ; fertility good. Leaf, medium, round, finely 

 and regularly serrate, hangs late, turns rich crimson 

 red. Origin, raised by a schoolmaster named Stair, of 

 Aldermaston, about 1770. In that county it is still 

 called " Stair's Pear." It took its name " Williams " 

 from its distributor, a nurseryman of Turnham Green ; 

 on its introduction to America it was again named after 

 its importer, Mr. Bartlett. This is quite the best of 

 early Pears, and should be gathered when still green 

 and ripened in the fruit-room. The musky flavour is 

 less pronounced when grown on a North wall. It makes 

 a good standard. 



WINDSOR. F.Madame. G. Windsor Birn. (Halle- 

 mine.) Dessert, August, meoium, 2\ by 3j, oval pyri- 

 form. Skin, very smooth, Colour, palest lemon 

 yellow. Flesh, crisp, white, slightly acid, no particular 

 flavour. Eye, open on level with prominent ribs around. 

 Stem, long, fairly stout, inserted without depression. 

 Growth, vigorous ; fertility good. Leaf, large, round, 

 held flat, sharply serrate. Origin, according to Leroy 

 this was raised by an amateur in Holland from a seed 

 of the Bonne Chretien d'Ete, not far from the village 

 of Hallemine. First described by Knoop in 1771, under 

 the name Hallum Bonne. This is often called Cuisse 

 Madame in England, but in error. It makes a large, 

 upright standard, but keeps for so short a period that 

 it is not worth growing. 



Winter Achan : see Achan. 



WINTER NELIS. Her. Pom., II., 38. F. Nelis 

 d'Hiver. G. Coloma d'Hiver. (Bonne de Malines.) 

 Dessert, November to January, medium, 2\ by 2 J, round 

 conical, a little uneven. Skin, rough. Colour, greenish 

 yellow nearly covered with thin dark brown russet, 

 increasing round eye. Flesh, greenish white, trans- 

 parent, very juicy and sweet, delicately perfumed. 

 Eye, open in a shallow even basin. Stem, rather long, 



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