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^'ICAR ( Ticar of Winkjield of Hogg ; Cure of Leroy. ) 



A "French pear considerably grown in Ontario as a winter pear, but it does not reach its 

 best perfection in our climate and does not deserve a place in our orchards. 



Orioin : found wild near Clion, France, by ]M. Leroy, curate of Villiers-en-Brenne, in the 

 year 1760 ; distributed in Franco under sixteen different names ; introduced into England by 

 the Rev. W. L. Rham, vicar of AVinklield, in Berkshire, hence its English name. 



Tree : vigorous, but somewhat susceptible to blight ; very productive. 



Fruit ; large ; form long pyriform, one-sided ; skin green, seldom tinged with brown on 

 the sunny side, and marked with small brown dots ; stem usually one and a half inches long, 

 fleshy at base, and inserted obliquely without a cavity ; calyx open, with large segments, set 

 in a shallow basin. 



Flesh : greenish white ; texture firm, not very juicy as grown in Ontario ; flavor fair, if 

 well ripened. 



Quality ; dessert very poor ; cooking fair. 



Value ; home and foreign market second class. 



Seasox ; early winter. 



■fflLDEK. 



A valuable early market pear, being beautiful in appearance, of fair size and very good 

 flavor ; proliably the liest of its season, but inclined to rot at the core if left hanging on the tree. 



Wilder. 



Origin : chance seedling on south shore of Lake Erie. 



Tree ; vigorous, very productive, and an early Isearer when grafted on the quince. 



Fruit; fair to large in size ; form ovate, obtuse pyriform, sometimes shouldered at stem; 

 color greenish yellow, with deep red cheek and numerous gray dots ; stem stout, three quarters 

 to one inch in length ; calyx open. 



b'LEsn ; white ; texture tender, fine grained ; flavor sweet, aromatic and very pleasant. 



Quality : dessert very good. 



Value ; home market first class. 



Season ; August. 



