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inserted, without depression, or with a fleshy, enlarged base ; calyx 

 open in a shallow, uneven basis ; flesh very juicy and melting, rich 

 and excellent ; very prolific. 



G- ANSEL'S BERGAMOTTE, A. (Fig. 1). A dessert pear of the 

 highest quality. Tree rather shy bearer for the first few years, then 

 productive, moderately vigorous, and spreading in habit. Young 

 wood, dull greyish-brown. Fruit medium to large, roundish 

 obovate, but much flattened. Skin roughish brown, becoming 

 yellowish -brown at maturity, tinged sometimes with a russet red 

 cheek and sprinkled with spots of russet. Stalk short, fleshy at 

 both ends. Cavity moderate. Calyx short and small, placed "in a 

 smooth moderate hollow. Flesh white, melting, very juicy, rich, 

 sweet, and aromatic. 



BETJRRE DE CAPIATJMONT, A. (Fig. 2.) Fruit medium size, pyri- 

 form. Skin pale yellow in the shade, almost entirely covered with 

 cinnamon-coloured russet, strewed with grey specks, and with 

 reddish orange shining out through the russet on the sunny side. 

 Flesh white, delicate, fine, melting, with a rich, juicy, sugary 

 flavour. A fine dessert pear. Tree hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer. 



BROOMPARK, W. Fruit medium, obovate. Skin sprinkled with 

 cinnamon-coloured russet. Flesh yellowish, melting, with a musky 

 flavour. Tree vigorous and excellent bearer ; succeeds well either 

 on the pear or the quince stock. Does well on heavy loam. 



BEURRE CLAIRGEAU, W. (Fig. 3). Ripens in winter. The size, 

 early bearing, productiveness, and beauty of this pear render it a 

 profitable market sort. In some cases it seems disposed to shed its 

 leaves prematurely a serious defect. On young trees the fruits 

 are often large and drop off easily ; age remedies this defect. Tree 

 very vigorous, forming a beautiful pyramid. Young wood red- 

 dish brown. Fruit large, curved, pyriform, with unequal sides ; 

 yellow, shaded with orange and crimson, thickly covered with 

 russet, sometimes sprinkled with russet ; stalk short, stout, and 

 fleshy, inserted by a lip at an inclination almost without depression ; 

 when lip is absent, the cavity is uneven ; calyx open ; flesh yellowish, 

 buttery, juicy, granular, sugary, perfumed, vinous, coarse unless 

 properly ripened. A popular variety for local and distant markets. 

 Not much subject to fusicladium. Suitable for export. 



VICAR OF WINKFIELD, W. (syn. Napoleon). A large, fair, and 

 handsome French variety, also a first-rate baking pear, but some- 

 times too astringent; second-rate for a table pear. Tree grows 

 thriftily, with drooping fruit branches, shoots diverging, dark olive 

 brown, very productive, hardy; fine size fruit and a profitable 

 market cooking pear. Fruit large and long pyriform ; often one-' 

 sided, pale yellow, fair and smooth, sometimes with brownish cheek, 

 and marked with small brown dots ; stalk slender, obliquely inserted 

 without depression ; calyx large, open, set in a basin very slightly 

 sunk; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, w r ith good sprightly flavour. 

 Not much touched by fusicladium nor by the pear mite. Suitable 

 for export and stewing. 



