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their growth is very upright, and occupy but little 

 room. 



4. Musk Rohine P. — Ripens at the beginning of 

 August. This variety is valued for its fine musky 

 flavour, both in this country and in France, where 

 it has the additional names of the queen's pear, am- 

 ber, &c. The fruit are small, nearly round ; colour, 

 light yellow, deepening as it ripens ; pulp melting, 

 juicy, and of a good flavour. The tree belongs to 

 the second class ; is a good bearer, and ripens so 

 rapidly, that it requires watching to have it in per- 

 fection. It makes a very good espalier. 



There is a small pear which ripens in the begin- 

 ning of August called the lammas ; it is a hardy tree, 

 and an excellent bearer, and, consequently, a profit- 

 able sort for the market gardener and cottager. In 

 Leslie's Edinburgh catalogue, it is called the Craw- 

 ford or Bancrief, and recommended for its earliness 

 and prolificacy. 



5. Windsor P, — Ripe from the middle to the end 

 of August. This is a variety of English origin, 

 having been raised from a seed of the cuisse madam, 

 by a person of the name of Williamson, a relation of 

 Williamson, whom Grim wood succeeded in the 

 Kensington Nursery. 



It is a fruit of little value for the dessert, but a 

 profitable one for the market. The fruit are large, 

 swollen in the middle, tapering abruptly towards the 

 eye, and tapering to a point at the stalk. It is often 

 mistaken for the cuisse madam, but the latter is 

 more truly pear-shaped, that is, very much swollen 



