MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES, &c. 61 



Green Pear of Yair ; sweet, juicy, and melting ; of a mo- 

 derate size ; takes its name from Yair, on Tweed-side, where 

 it was first discovered. 



Rob Hind ; very indifferent. 



Le Besideri, the Wilding of the Forest of Ileri in Bre- 

 tagne ; a yellowish pear of a middle size ; indifferent. 



Unicorn Pear ; of a beautiful red and yellow colour, but 

 rather austere in taste. 



WINTER PEARS. 



Winter Achan, a Scotch Pear ; among the best early win- 

 ter pears, and equal to most of those of French origin. 



Brier Brush, Scotch ; a good pear, and will ripen in most 

 seasons ; it is a small pear, of a firm substance and sweet taste. 



Brompton Park ; a seedling sent by Jeffery by that name. 



Round Winter, a Clydesdale Pear ; a very excellent win- 

 ter pear, as described in Dr. Gibson's Fruit Gardener. 



Poir Portrail, or Gate Pear ; for baking. 



La Double Fleur, or the Double Flowering Pear ; a large 

 flat beautiful pear, with a smooth skin, and blush colour on 

 one side, and yellow on the other ; the best pear to preserve, 

 taking a beautiful red colour from the fire. 



In the following additional List, those marked ^ are best for baking 

 or stewing, and those f for making of Perry » 



Ambrosia Pear, Green Bergamot, 



Ashton Town, Huntingdon Pear, 



Autumn Musk Bonchretien, f Huffcap, 



Bishop's Thumb, King's Catharine, 



^ Bloody Pear, Lammas, 



Brocas Bergamot, London Sugar, 



^ Barland, Muscat Almain, 



^ Besideri, Musk Blanquet, 



Beaurre de Roi, f Oldfield, 



^ Black Pear of Worcester, Orange Bergamot, 



Britannia, Pear Piper, 



Burdelieu, Pirus Poilveria, 



^ Catillac, Red Admirable, 



Doyenne, or St. Michael^ Scotch Bergamot, 



Easter St. Germain, Seven Angled, 



Gansel's Bergamot, Silver Striped, 



Golden Beurre, * Spanish Red Warden, 



Gray Beurre, + Squash, 



Gray Goodwife, Striped Verte Longe, 



Green Sugar, White Beurre. 



