416 PEARS. 



Specific gravity of its juice 1063. 



The tree of this sort grows handsome and upright. 

 It is hardy when in blossom, and consequently an 

 abundant bearer. The name of Longland is supposed 

 to have been derived from the field in which the original 

 tree grew. 



161. OLDFIELD. Pom. Heref. 1. 11. 



Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, somewhat 

 narrowed at the crown. Eye small, converging. Stalk 

 half an inch long, slender. Skin a very pale green, 

 spotted and marbled with a darker colour, and inter- 

 mixed with a thin grey russet. 



Specific gravity of the juice 1067 



The perry produced from this Pear is excellent ; and 

 from its being a very hardy tree, and an abundant bearer, 

 is more extensively planted in Herefordshire and the 

 adjoining counties, than any other Pear. Its name is 

 believed to have originated from an inclosure called the 

 Oldfield, near Ledbury, a noted place for the finest 

 perry. 



162. TEINTON SQUASH. Pom. Heref. 1. 13. 

 Fruit middle-sized, of angular shape, somewhat like 



that of a Bergamot, but more tapering at the stalk. 



Crown even, divisions of the calyx spreading. Stalk 



half an inch long, slender. Skin a muddy russetty 



green, marbled on the sunny side with a pale brown or 



dull orange, interspersed with a few ash-coloured specks. 



Specific gravity of its juice not mentioned. ^ 



Its name of Teintori is supposed to have originated 



from Teinton, in Gloucestershire, where it has been 



much planted. There are some very old trees of it in 



this neighbourhood and in Herefordshire, and the perry 



they produce is of the very highest quality, something 



approaching in colour and briskness to Champagne, for 



which fine samples of it have sometimes been sold. 



It is always in demand, and at a high price \ but from 



