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to add some selections for particular purposes, 

 merely giving the names of the different varieties. 



Best Six Pears for Cottagers and Amateurs. 



Beurre Diel. 

 Glout Morceaux. 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



Marie Louise. 

 Winter Nelis. 

 Williams' Bonchretien. 



Twelve Yarieties. 

 The above six and the following in addition : — 



Benrra d'Amanlis. 

 Beurre Rauce. 

 Easter Beurre. 



Josephine de Marines, 

 Passe Colinar. 

 Thonison*s. 



Twenty-four Yarieties. 

 The above twelve and the following : 



Beurre de Capioumont. 

 Beurre Giffard. 

 Beurre Hardy, 

 beurre Sterckmans. 

 Doyenne du Cornice. 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



Ganseil's Bergamot. 

 Jersey Gratioli. 

 Knight's Monarch. 

 Xe Plus Meuris. 

 Pit mast on Duchesse. 

 Yicar of Winkiield. 



Pears eor "Walls. 

 The following, though they will do well as pyra- 

 mids in warm localities, really do best with the aid 

 of a wall : — ■ 



Beurre d'Areniherg. 

 Beurre Diel. 

 Beurre Ranee. 

 Beurre Sterckmans. 

 Crasanne. 

 Easter Beurre. 



Ganseil's Bergamot. 



Glout Morceaux. 



Jargonelle. 



!N"e Plus Meuris. 



Passe Colmar. 



Winter Nelis. 



And the finest kitchen Pear, L vedale's St. Germain. 



Yarieties for Orchards. 



Aston Town. 



Beurre Bosc. 



Beurre de Capioumont. 



Broom Park. 



Citron des Carmes. 



Eyewood. 



Flemish Beauty. 



Forelle. 



Hacon's Incomparahle. 

 And for kitchen use, 



the 



Jersey Gratioli. 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey. 

 Marie Louise. 

 Ne Plus Meuris. 

 Seckel. 



Suffolk Thorn. 

 Swan's Eirg. 

 Thomson's. 

 Urhaniste. 

 Catillac and Yerulam. 



As espalier rails are hardly warmer than orchards, 

 the same varieties, with a few of the hardier ones, 

 recommended for walls, will do equally well for these. 



Among the best varieties for forming pyramids on 

 the Quince are the following : — 



Alexandre Lamhre. 

 Beurre Bachelier. 

 Beurre d'Areniherg. 

 Beurre de Capioumont. 

 Beurre Diel. 

 Beurre Hardy. 

 Comte de Lamy. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme. 

 Easter Beurre. 

 Glout Morceaux. 

 Jersey Gratioli. 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey. 

 Urbaniste. 

 Winter Xelis. 



Most of these do almost equally well for bush cul- 

 ture or for cordons, to which the following may be 

 added : — 



Beurre Bosc. 

 Beurre Ranee 



Flemish Beauty. 

 Marie Louise. 



Seasons. — Those who are fond of very early Pears 

 will find a deficiency in our list. But hardly any of 



such are worth eating. The only July Pear really 

 worth eating is the Summer Doyenne. At the end of 

 July or early in August, comes the Citron des Carmes, 

 a deliriously perfumed mixture of sugar and water, 

 so perishable withal that it should be eaten off the 

 tree, lest it lose the bloom of its rich aroma before it 

 reaches the table. This Pear, on warm walls and 

 on hot sheltered sites, is frequently ripe by the 

 middle of July. 



Coming into August, the Beurre Giffard and Jar- 

 gonelle furnish a supply of good Pears. Early 

 in September, Williams' Bonchretien proves a host 

 in itself throughout the month, and to those who 

 enjoy perfumed Pears all others are tame and seem 

 insipid beside the Bonchretien. Towards the end 

 of the month Beurre d'Amanlis comes in, and this is 

 succeeded by Beurre Superfin and British Queen, 

 the latter hardly worthy of its name, and not recom- 

 mended by us. In October, good Pears become 

 plentiful as Blackberries, the following among others 

 being then in season: — Beurre Capioumont, Beurre 

 Hardy, Comte de Lamy, Louise Bonne of Jersey, 

 Marie Louise d'Eele, Suffolk Thorn, Urbaniste. 

 November brings in addition — Beurre Diel, Ganseil's 

 Bergamot, Doyenne de Cornice, Marie Louise, Pit- 

 maston Duchesse, Thomson's, and Mons. le Clerc. 

 December — Beurre Sterckmans, Crasanne, Althorp 

 Crasanne, Passe Colmar, Comte de Flandres. January 

 — Huyshe's Prince of Wales, Chaumontel, Hacon's 

 Incomparable, Beurre Bachelier, Glout Morceaux. 

 February — Eorelle, Winter Nelis, Josephine do 

 Malines. March — Beurre Bance, Easter Beurre, 

 Jean de Witte. April — Xe Plus Meuris. Some of 

 these, notably the Easter Beurre, and a few other 

 Pears, hardly of sufficient merit to be highly recom- 

 mended, with careful storage will keep well through 

 May, thus leaving but one month without Pears 

 throughout the twelve ; and this might readily be 

 bridged over by growing a plant or two of the Citron 

 des Carmes, or Summer Doyenne, under glass in the 

 green-house, or even in a sunny window of a sitting- 

 room. 



Diseases and Insects. — Fortunately these are 

 almost confined to two, the canker and the scale. 

 Other diseases are sometimes met with under the 

 very comprehensive name of blights, and not a few 

 other names. But these two avoided or mastered, 

 the Pear-trees will probably keep healthy and re- 

 main clean. The wild Pear is seldom subject to 

 diseases or insects of any sort ; hence it may almost 

 be inferred that canker is produced rather by culture 

 than climate ; and doubtless it is so, or rather has 

 been, for there can be no doubt that canker is greatly 

 on the decrease, and may probably be wholly grown 

 out ; and, indeed, this is the only cure, for notwith- 



