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fection than is the case with us, and where a greater number of 

 varieties are grown. Although our nurseryman-friend, with his 

 long list, is somewhat of an exception, the lists of others of our 

 fruit-tree raisers are much too long to be any real guidance to 

 the amateur. There is less general craving for novelty in fruits 

 in France than in England. At Angers, in one of the largest 

 fruit-tree nurseries in France, the following seven sorts only are 

 raised in large quantities : — Williams's Bon Chretien, Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Easter Beurre, Louise Bonne, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Beurre Diel, and Beurre d'Aremburg. On an average, from 

 30,000 to 40,000 trees of each of the first two are sold every year, 

 and about 20,000 of the other five put together. Even the best 

 of the new varieties find scarcely any sale. 



The following may be taken as the best Pears for culture in the 

 British Isles of the many hundred kinds known : — Doyenne d'Ete, 

 Jargonelle, Williams's Bon Chretien, Louise Bonne of Jersey, 

 Jersey Gratioli, Urbaniste, Fondante d'Automne, Beurre d'Amanlis, 

 Suffolk Thorn, Seckel, Comte de Lamy, Flemish Beauty, Desire 

 Cornelis, Marie Louise, Baronne de Mello, Thompson's, Beurre 

 Bosc, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurre Diel, Beurre Hardy, Marechal 

 de la Cour, B. Superfin, Doyenne du Comice, Griou Morceau, 

 Winter Nelis, Beurre Eance, B. Sterckmans, Josephine de Malines, 

 Bergamotte Esperen, Easter Beurre. 



Of these, Beurre Bosc, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurre Diel, 

 Doyenne du Comice, Glou Morceau, Beurre Eance, Josephine de 

 Malines, Bergamotte Esperen, Easter Beurre, Beurre Sterckmans, 

 Desire Cornelis, and Winter Nelis, should be grown against walls. 

 In some cases they may afi'ord a satisfactory result away from 

 them but if grown against white walls they will in all cases be 

 highly improved, and some of the very best of them are only to be 

 had in perfection when thus grown. As wall-space is often 

 limited, and as it is necessary to have the warmest walls to perfect 

 the finest Winter Pears, it is desirable to be very particular in- 

 deed when selecting Pears for wall-culture ; and Easter Beurr^, 

 Doyenne du Comice, Glou Morceau, Beurre Eance, Josephine de 

 Malines and Bergamotte Esperen, should be abundantly planted 

 against 'walls wherever a supply of first-rate Winter Pears is a 



^^Soine of our authorities on fruit-growing give the Easter Beurre 



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