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PEARS 



greenish white, a little gritty, but melting. Juice saccharine, 

 without any peculiar flavour. Ripe the middle of October, 

 and will keep some weeks. This is also another of those hardy 

 pears which bear so plentifully upon an open standard in the 

 Horticultural Garden at Chiswick." — hind. 



NAPOLEON. Pr. cat. Hort. traks. Pom. mag. Lind. 



Medaille. Lond. Rort. cat. Lind. 



" Fruit large, the form of a Colmar, angular about the eye, 

 a good deal contracted in the middle, about three inches and 

 three quarters long, and three inches in diameter. Ey€ small, 

 with a connivent calyx, a little depressed. Stalk half an inch 

 long, thick, straight ; in some specimens diagonally inserted 

 under a large, elongated, curved lip. Skin smooth, bright 

 green, in which state it remains for some time after the fruit is 

 gathered ; it finally changes to a pale green, when the flesh 

 becomes very melting, with a most unusual abundance of rich 

 agreeable juice. Ripe the middle of November, and remains 

 in perfection several days. This succeeds equally well upon 

 the pear and the quince. The Napoleon pear is an excellent 

 variety, raised by Dr. Van Mons at Louvain, and thence sent 

 to this country in 1816. It is a profuse bearer upon an east 

 or west wall ; it also succeeds as an open dwarf grafted upon 

 the quinccj and as a common standard." — Li7id. 



NEW BRIDGE. Lond. hort. cat. Lind, 



"Fruit below the middle size, of a turbinate figure, about 

 two inches and three quarters long, and two inches and a half 

 in diameter. Eye small, with a short slender calyx. Crown 

 flat, not depressed. Stalk an inch long, a little obliquely 

 inserted. Skin dull gray, covered with thin gray russet, and 

 of a light, lively, shining brown on the sunny side. Flesh 

 melting, a little gritty, with a sugary juice, but without any 

 peculiar flavour. Ripe the end of September and beginning 

 of October, and will not keep longer than a few weeks. This 

 is another of the new hardy pears which are produced upon 



