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43, Gloux Morceau P. — Keeps from November 

 to March. This is another French or Flemish va- 

 riety, lately introduced, and though not so delicious 

 as its name imports, yet it is a good pear, and worthy 

 of cultivation. The fruit are large ; the stalk deeply 

 inserted ; eye small and hollow ; colour dull greei^, 

 covered with numerous specks, changing but little 

 in ripening. The pulp is partly melting, but not so 

 much so as some others ; juice tolerably abundant, 

 and when thoroughly ripened on a wall no doubt 

 rich . 



Judging from the young trees now in training, it 

 promises to be a vigorous grower ; and if it prove 

 hardy enough to rank as an orchard fruit, will be a 

 great acquisition ; but it is more than probable, that 

 to have this pear in perfection, it must be placed 

 among our wall fruit. In nursery training for stan- 

 dards, the head should be kept thin ; otherwise there 

 will be a head of fine wood, instead of a fine head of 

 fruitful shoots. 



44. Rot/ale d'Hiver P. — The royal winter is in 

 use during January an<3 February. This pear is not 

 noticed by Miller, though well known in his time. 

 The fruit are full middle size, longish, in shape like 

 the summer bon chretien, having a few ridges about 

 the insertion of the stalk, which last is long and 

 slender. The eye is small and hollow ; the colour 

 yellowish, with a little red towards the sun; the 

 whole dotted with brown specks. The pulp is 

 yellowish, partly melting, and charged with a well- 

 Savoured juice. It does wxll on pear stocks ; the 



