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October, This is a lately introduced variety to 

 English gardens. The fruit are full middle size, 

 long, and handsomely shaped, swelling regularly 

 from the eye, which is broad and shallow, to the 

 stalk, ending abruptly and rather unequally round it. 

 The general colour is a brown russet, with patches 

 of greenish yellow. Skin thicker than the beurr^ 

 de roi : pulp melting, juice abundant, sugary, and 

 high jQavoured. It is one of the best of the season ; 

 but not, as it has been said to be, one of the best of 

 pears. 



The writer has not found it answer well on the 

 quince stock ; and thinks the common stock more 

 suitable. As a bearer, it is highly spoken of by the 

 late Mr. Braddick, who recommends it for walls, es- 

 paliers, or standards. For the latter purpose it may 

 succeed in the neighbourhood of London ; but the 

 author doubts whether it will answer in the northern 

 provinces. 



There is, it seems, another Marie Louise, of far 

 more tender habit and less calculated for this climate 

 than the first, and which Mr. Braddick warns plan- 

 ters not to be deceived by. And it would appear, 

 that both sorts are in this country ; for while 

 Mackintosh declares, that the Marie Louise will not 

 ripen unless on a south wall, the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Catalogue represents it to be perfectly hardy 

 enough for a standard or north wall. 



26. Bishop^s Thumb P. — Ripens towards the end 

 of October. This is an old variety, having been 

 mentioned by Gerrard about the middle of the six- 



