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BARLAND. Ph. cat. Pom. heref. Lind. 



" Fruit rather small, of an oval figure, but broadest towards 

 the crown. Eye prominent, and the segments of the calyx 

 nearly erect. Stalk half an inch long, slender. Skin dull 

 green, russetted with a muddy gray. Specific gravity of its 

 juice 1070. The Barland pear appears to have been exten- 

 sively cultivated prior to the pubhcation of Evelyn's Pomona, 

 in 1674, and many hogsheads of its perry are yet made 

 annually in Herefordshire and the adjoining counties, in a 

 productive season. It may be mixed in considerable quantity 

 with new port, without its taste becoming perceptible. It sells 

 well while new to the merchants ; and as it is comparatively 

 cheap, it probably forms one of the ingredients employed in 

 the adulteration of this wine. The original tree grew in a 

 field called the Bare Lands, in the parish of Bosbury, in 

 IJerefordshire, whence the variety obtained its name, and was 

 blown down a few years previous to 1811." — Lind. 



HOLMORE. Pr. CAT. Pom. heref. Liisd. 



Holmer. Holmar. New Holmar. 



"Fruit small, globular, frequently growing in clusters of 

 three and four together, with a very stifi*, half-closed calyx. 

 Stalk short and thick. Skin muddy, yellowish olive-green, 

 thickly reticulated, with a thin epidermis, and tinged with a 

 fine red on the sunny side. Specific gravity of its juice 1066. 

 The original tree, in 1811 was growing in a hedge, on the 

 estate of Charles Cooke, Esq. of the Moor, in the parish of 

 Hoimore, between Hereford and Leominster, and appeared 

 then to be seventy or eighty years old. The young trees are 

 very productive, and the perry is of excellent quality." — Lind. 



HUFFCAP. Pom. heref. Lixd. 



"Fruit middle-sized, oval, somewhat broader at the crown, 

 and drawn towards the stalk. Eye with the segments of the 

 calyx slender and pointed. Stalk long, irregular in its thick- 



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