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the attention of amateurs to this promising branch of en- 

 quiry, and points to the results already obtained by his 

 contemporary, Dancer of Chiswick, whose garden sends 

 out annually hundreds of baskets of the very finest dessert 

 pears to the London markets from bush trees all worked 

 upon the quince stock. He declares " there is no compari- 

 son between fruit produced on standard or orchard trees on 

 the pear or free-stock, and that from bush trees on the 

 quince." 



Pears. 



NAMES. 

 BON CHRETIEN . 



DESCRIPTION. 



Fruit large, obtuse pyriform, irregular and bos- 

 sed in its outline. Skin smooth, pale green but 

 ripening to clear yellow, tinged with streaks of 

 red in sun. Flesh white, fine grained and 

 tender, musky and vinous in flavour. A des- 

 sert pear of the highest merit. 



BEFRRE CLAIRGEAU. Fruit large and very handsome. Curved pyri- 

 form. Skin smooth and shining, lemon yellow, 

 tinged with orange and red in sun. Flesh 

 white and crisp or half melting, sugary, vinous, 

 perfumed. 



BEURRE Bosc. Dessert pear of high quality. Fruit large, pyri- 



form, dark yellow, streaked with cinnamon, 

 russet. Flesh white, melting and buttery, 

 slightly perfumed. 



BEURR& HARDY. A large dessert pear of great excellence Oblong- 

 obovate or pyramidal. Skin yellowish green, 

 covered with russet dots. Flesh white salmon 

 tinted, melting and juicy, acidulous with de- 

 licious perfume. 



CLAPP'S FAVOURITE. Fruit large, obtusely pyriform, surface uneven. 

 Skin pale lemon yellow, splashed with crimson 

 and fawn on sunny side. Flesh white, grained 

 and juicy, buttery, melting, good flavour, 

 delicate, like Bon Ctnetien but not musky. 



DOYENNE DU COMICE. One of the best. Fruit large, roundish, pyri- 

 form. Skin greenish-yellow, clearing when 

 mature, and often shaded with crimson, and 

 patches of russet dotted about. Flesh white, 

 fine, melting, sweet, rich and aromatic. 

 Grand dessert pear of large size. Fruit very 

 large, oblong-obovate with uneven surface. 

 Skin dull greenish-yellow spotted with russet, 

 sun side red. Flesh white, juicy, buttery with 

 rich flavour. 



DUOIIESSE D'ANGOU- 



LEME. 



