MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. 59 



67. The Wilding of Chaumontelle is melting, the juice 

 is very rich, and a little perfumed. It is in eatmg in January. 



68. The Brown St. Germain is a very fine high flavoured 

 pear on dwarfs and standards, and comes in after the Wall St. 

 Germain. It continues in eating from December to the end of 

 IMarch. 



69. Pear D'Auch was introduced by the late Duke of 

 Northumberland. It much resembles the Colmar, but is fuller 

 towards the stalk. It is in eating from Christmas to April, 

 and is, without exception, the best of all the winter pears. 



70. The Swan's Egg is a middle-sized pear, in shape like 

 an egg ; is of a deeper green colour, thinly covered with brown; 

 the flesh is melting and full of a pleasant musky juice. It comes 

 in eating in November. The tree is healthy, and bears well 

 either as a standard or any other way. 



71. The Bergamot de Pasque goes also by the following 

 names, viz, the Terling, the Amoselle, the Paddington, and 

 the Tarquin. This is a handsome fruit, green when gathered, 

 and of a yellowish or straw colour when ripe. It comes into 

 eating about the month of April, continues till June, and makes 

 ;a, very handsome appearance at table.* 



72. The Golden Beurre is a very fine pear ; It is of a 

 beautiful scarlet colour next the sun, and of a gold colour on 

 the other side. The flesh is melting and the juice high flavour- 

 ed. It ripens in October. This tree succeeds best on an East 

 aspect, and a loamy soil. It is a plentiful bearer.f 



A Selectio?! of Pears, from the Catalogue of Messrs. Anderson^ 

 Leslie, ami Co. Nurserymen, Edinburgh. 



SUMMER PEARS. 



Pear James ; soon ripe, soon rotten; has a little flavour, 

 and is the earliest pear that we have in Scotland. 



Early Carnock ; indiff'erent, of a vellow colour, and bright 

 red towards the sun ; makes a beautiful standard. 



Lemon, Lady's Lemon, or Lady Lamont ; indifl'erentlv 

 good ; principally valued for coming early, and being a good 



* This pear has come into eating above six weeks sooner this season than 

 in any other in ray memory. 



t This pear was introduced from Burgundy by the late Marshall Conway, 

 and v/as first raised in this country, at his seat of Park Place near Henley 

 upon Thames, now the seat of Lord MalmesbHry. The above description was 

 transmitted to me by Mr. Copland, his Lordships gardener. 



