'KENT, THE GAEDEN OF ENGLAND." 



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tBeurre Boso 



Beurre Brown . . . 

 tBeurre Clairgeau . 



tBeurre d' Amanlis . 



Oct.— Nov. 



Oct. 

 Oct.— Nov. 



Sept. 



Large, requires a wall or warm situation. Hundreds of 



bushels are marketed from Standards in East Kent, but 



unless the soil is warm and deep it is not first-rate. A 



long russety fruit, which succeeds on chalk and by the sea. 



D.Q. 

 Large, of rich refreshing flavour ; very good in warm soils. 



Quince. 

 Very large ; handsome; good bearer ; not always of first-rate 



quality, but passable when gathered before it is quite ripe ; 



a remarkably fertile fruit, and worthy of culture in small 



gardens. Quince. (See Illustration 6. J 

 Large, one of the best early autumn pears ; a good bearer ; 



juicy, and of agreeable flavour ; fine on quince, and best 



flavoured from open trees. Bather spreading for a Pyramid, 



succeeds as a standard, even in Scotland. 

 Medium, remarkably fine in ftavonr; great bearer; a slow 



grower which well repays the protection of a wall ; a good 



Christmas pear. Quince. 

 Very large, great bearer, rich flavour, good on quince or wall ; 



succeeding as a Standard in dry warm spots — not suitable 



for cold soils. Quince. 

 Medium, a long fruit of remarkably good flavour in its season, 



melting and delicious, good bearer ; slow grower on quince. 

 Large, a valuable late melting pear, requires a wall in clay 



soils ; but succeeds admirably on quince double worked. 



Cordons on a West or South wall produce large fruit of a 



particularly refreshing flavour. 

 Large, a fine pale green pear in style of Baohelier, but much 



hardier and a profuse bearer ; new, handsome, melting and 



delicious. Quince. E.C., B.H.S. 

 Medium, very juicy and melting, one of the best early pears, 



remarkably handsome, with a red cheek ; bears profusely 



on quince, very irregular in growth. 

 Large, remarkable for vigour of growth, very rich, full flavour. 



good on quince ; forms naturally a beautiful Pyramid, and 



ranks as one of the best. 

 Medium to small, a brilliantly coloured fruit, of great excel- 

 lence, good regular bearer and grower ; very fine. Quince. 



This will become a leading variety. 

 Very large ; melting, refreshing, sweet, and very handsome 



in colour. Dwarfs 1/6, older 2/6, 3/6. D.G-. 

 Large, one of the best late pears, of refreshing sweet juicy 



flavour. It grows freely, and must be root pruned to 



induce fertility and prevent the fruit cracking ; requires a 



South or West wall. D.G. 

 Large, handsome russety fruit, melting, delicate, and rich in 



flavour, fine on quince ; makes a prolific Cordon or Pyramid. 

 Large, well known, a perfumed melting pear, of great ex- 

 cellence; bears freely on the quince stock, and is better 



flavoured if gathered a little before it appears ready. 

 Large, round ; the best for stewing ; succeeds on quince, and 



then bears freely in a young state ; makes a good Standard, 



but is diffuse for a Pyramid. Standards for gardens on 



Quince, 3/6. 

 Medium ; poor bearer in this country, and unless well grown 



inferior in size and flavour ; grand in hot dry summers. 

 Medium ; a variety of great excellence from America. Free 



grower and excellent cropper on Pear or Quince. D.G. 

 Small, prodigious cropper, makes a good Standard or garden 



tree ; juicy and of honied sweetness ; a children's pear. 



See Fig. 80. Quince. 

 Medium, a free bearer, of Swan's Egg style ; melting, and of 



peculiarly fine flavour. Best on Pear or D.G-. Dwarfs, 2/6. 

 Large, handsome, of good brisk flavour ; fruit long greenish ; 



free bearer. Quince. 

 Large and long ; a great bearer ; certificated at the Chiswick 



Congress ; of excellent quality, and A 1 as a market kind ; 



first-rate. Quince. One of the best for Pot culture. 



