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taking it all in all, is the perfection of a pear. Its excellence, of 

 flavour, its hardiness, its constancy of bearing, its uniformity of 

 ripening, with its beauty of form and colour, together with its 

 texture and power of keeping a reasonable time, render, it one of the 

 most desirable of fruits. 



About this time Thompson's (fig. 282) ripens. It is of the 



highest excellence, and should not 

 be omitted from any garden. 



The Louise Bonne in its turn 

 gives place to- Marie Louise (fig. 

 283), the great gift of Van Mons to 

 the world. This is the best of 

 thousands of seedlings this dis- 

 FiG. 232.— nhomps.n's. Fin. 283. , tinguishcd pomologist raised. All 



Marie Louise. 



gardeners contrive to keep their 

 Marie Louise as loa^ as possible. Unfortunately, the blossoms of 

 this fruit very badly withstand the frosts of spring, and so the trees 

 seldom give a crop. 



November now arrives, and brings with it a pear—the Beurr^ de 

 Capiaumont (fig. 284) — which is hardy, and constantly gives a crop. 

 I think it a useful pear, but it is unsaleable in the market, and 

 is generally sold on the barrows in the streets. 



After, or about the same time as the Beurre de Capiaumont, 

 the Beurre Clairgeau (fig. 285) ripens. Although a coarse pear, it 



Fig. 284.— Beurr6 de 

 Capiaumont. 



Fig. 285.— Eeune Chiirgeau. Fig. i86.— Dojcm-.6 de 



Cornice. 



Fig. '.Z~i. — Crasi^Ece. 



is very handsome on the tree, and a great bearer. The tree 

 assumes the same form as one of the upright Lombard poplars. It 



