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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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LETTERS FROM RUSSIA— IV. 



THE SAPIEGANKA PEAR OR AUTUMN POLISH BERGAMOTTE. 



GIVE in your journal a description of this pear, not on account of any 

 particular prominent qualities which it possesses, but because I am ot 

 the opinion that on account of its hardiness it may be successfully grown 

 in Canada. 



In its home in Lithuania, old and large trees are met with which have 

 endured many severe winters. In the Tamboff 

 Government it is the most hardy of all pears there 

 grown, and for this reason the Sapieganka can 

 be positively considered a hardy variety. 



The fruit is of middle size, of Bergamot_type, the 

 skin is smooth, yellow and has a red cheek on the 

 sunny side. In Lithuania 

 it ripens on the ist of Sep- 

 tember, in the TambofF 

 Government in October, 

 and keeps in the cellar two 

 months. The flavor of 

 the flesh depends upon 

 local conditions, for 

 though it is tasteful enough 

 in the warmer districts, it 

 is sometimes harsh ; and 



when grown in the north it / / // V,n ^Y^'v^'M 



is juicy and buttery. The 

 fruit is adapted for the 

 table, drying and other 

 home uses. This pear is 

 recommended by Russian 

 horticulturists as being ad- 

 apted for cultivation in 

 market garden. 



JAROSLAV NIEMETZ. 

 Rovoro, Wolinia, Russia. 



Fig. 57. — The Sapieganka Pear. 



