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PEARS. 



in a somewhat lipped and rather deep cavity. Skin rugose, 

 pale yellow, or yellowish white, a good deal mixed with 

 green, and partially covered with a grayish orange russet, 

 particularly round the stalk. Flesh yellowish white, slightly 

 gritty, *but very buttery and melting. Juice abundant, very 

 saccharine, extremely rich, and possessing a high, musky, and 

 perfumed flavour. In perfection in November and December. 

 This very valuable and excellent pear was raised by Mr. 

 James Gent Hacon, of Downham Market, in Norfolk, from a 

 seed that is called in that neighbourhood, Rayner's Norfolk. 

 The tree is an open standard, about sixteen years old, and six- 

 teen feet high, with pendulous branches, which reach nearly 

 to the ground. It bears most abundantly, and may be justly 

 considered one of the best pears ever raised in this country. 

 It was exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural Society in 

 Norwich on the 17th November, 1830, when it obtained the 

 silver medal as a prize." — Lind. 



HAZEL. Pr. cat. Lojjd. hoet. trans. Lind. 



"Fruit rather small, oval, somewhat turbinate, about two 

 inches long, and one inch and a half in diameter. Eye small, 

 with a short acute calyx, placed in a rather shallow basin. 

 Stalk an inch long, obliquely inserted. Skin yellowish, very 

 much freckled. Flesh nearly white, with a very pleasant and 

 agreeable juice. Ripe the end of October, and will keep a 

 few weeks only. It is uncertain where this pear originated. 

 It is now extensively cultivated in the Scotch nurseries ; and 

 for its early bearing and abundant produce it is by them highly 

 esteemed." — Lind. 



HENRY THE FOURTH. Pr. cat. Lind. 



Henri quatre. Lond. Hort. cat. Pr. cat., 26th ed. 



"Fruit below the middle size, pyramidal and somewhat 

 oblique at the crown, about three inches long, and two inches 

 and a quarter broad. Eye small, open, with a short slender 

 calyx, slightly sunk in a narrow, shallow, oblique depression. 



