PEARS. 375 



a little gritty, but very buttery. Juice abundant, highly 

 sugary, and of a very agreeable musky flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of October. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



*85. HACON'S INCOMPARABLE. 



Fruit middle-sized, somewhat turbinate, and a little 

 irregular in its outline, occasioned by one or two slightly 

 protuberant angles near its crown ; about two inches and 

 a half deep, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, 

 open ; segments of the calyx short and narrow, slightly 

 sunk in a rather wide uneven depression. Stalk an inch 

 long, rather stout, inserted in a somewhat lipped and 

 rather deep cavity. Skin rugose, pale yellow, or yel- 

 lowish white, a good deal mixed with green, and partially 

 covered with a greyish orange russet, particularly round 

 the stalk. Flesh yellowish white, slightly gritty, but 

 very buttery and melting. Juice abundant, very sac- 

 charine, extremely rich, and possessing a high, musky, 

 and perfumed flavour. 



In perfection in November and December. 



This very valuable and excellent Pear was raised by 

 Mr. James Gent Hacon, of Downham Market, in Nor- 

 folk, from a seed of what is called in that neighbour- 

 hood Rayner's Norfolk Seedling. The tree is an open 

 standard, about sixteen years old, and sixteen feet high, 

 with pendulous branches, which reach nearly to the 

 ground. It bears most abundantly, and may be justly 

 considered one of the best Pears ever raised in this 

 country. It was exhibited at the meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society in Norwich on the lyth November, 

 1830, when it obtained the silver medal as a prize. 



86. HAZEL PEAR. Hort. Trans. Vol. vii. p. 310. 



Fruit rather small, oval, somewhat turbinate, about 



* No. 85. is inserted twice, in consequence of Hacon's Incom- 

 parable having been sent roe after the numerical arrangement 

 had been completed. 



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