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PEARS. 



ness, and curved, having now and then a small leaf growing 

 upon its lower part next the branch. Skin pale green, marked 

 with gray nisset. Specific gravity of its juice about 1070. 

 There are several varieties of the Huffcap pear in Hereford- 

 shire, such as the Brown, Red, and Yellow ; but this is by 

 far the most deserving of cultivation. Its perry is rich, strong, 

 and said to be very intoxicating. It is of great excellence.'' — 

 Lind. 



LONGLAND. Pjji. iieref. Lind. 



** Fruit very handsome, not much unlike the Swan's Egg 

 in shape, except being broader towards the crown. Eye 

 somewhat large, with a converging calyx. Stalk short, stiff, 

 and inserted into an unequal base. Skin bright gold colour, 

 tinged and mottled all over wiih a russetly, lively orange. 

 Specific gravity of its juice 1063. The tree of this sort grows 

 handsome and upright. It is hardy when in blossom, and 

 consequently an abundant bearer. The name of Longland is 

 supposed to have been derived from the field in which the 

 original tree grew." — Lind. 



OLDFIELD. Pr. cat. Po.^. iieref. Lind. 

 " Fruit below the middle size, turbinate, somewhat narrowed 

 at tlie crown. Eye small, converging. Stalk half an inch 

 long, slender. Skin pale green, spotted and marbled w^ith 

 a darker colour, and intermixed with a thin gray russet. 

 Specific gravity of its juice 1067. The perry produced from 

 this psar is excellent; and from its being a very hardy tree, 

 and tin abundant bearer, is more extensively planted in Here- 

 fordshire and the adjoining counties than any other pear. Its 

 name is believed to have originated from an inclosure called 

 the Old Field, near Ledbury, a noted place for the finest 

 perry."— 



TEINTON SQUASH. Pn. cat. Pom. heref. Lind. 

 Taunton Squash. Squash. 

 "Fruit middle-sized, of angular shape, somewhat like that 

 of a Bergamot, but more tapering at the stalk. Crown even, 



