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j The Madeleine, or Citron des Calmes, is a very early 

 j but a very poor pear ; it ripens in July, and bears 

 ! abundantly. Saint Jean is a very early little pear, said 

 ' to ripen at Midsummer, and doing so in reality not 

 I much later. It, too, is little worth the attention of the 

 : private grower ; but those who grow for the market are 

 often glad of abundant bearers of early sorts. Cailot 

 ji Eosat is another early pear which has the merit of 

 |! being a most abundant bearer : the crop is immense, 

 , but the pear not very fine in flavour, although tolerably 

 I sweet and juicy. 



^ As we get on to September and October, fine-flavoured 

 : pears become much more plentiful. 



;i Beurre d'Amaulis is a nice juicy pear, and a good 

 bearer. The fruit is yellowish-green, with russet 

 i markings, quite above the middle size, rather thick 

 ; made, with an open eye in a shallow basin, and rather a 

 short stalk set not quite straight in a very small cavity. 

 It must be eaten when it is ready, or it loses its flavour ; 

 but it is, notwithstanding, a useful tree to have, as its 

 i pretty plentiful crop comes in conveniently after the 

 *' very early kinds. It ripens in September. 

 [ Graciali, Summer Bon Cretien, or Boncretien d'Ete, 

 i ripens late in September, and is one of the earliest 

 really fine-flavoured pears we have. It is a round, 

 yellow-green pear, with a rasset tinge, above the middle 

 size, and full of delicious, sub-acid, highly-flavoured 

 juice. The eye is small and prominent, in an evenly 

 formed shallow basin. The stalk is short, and set in a 

 very slight cavity. It will do on pear or quince stocks ; 

 and as it ripens, and so becomes liable to fall by the 

 I time of the rough winds, when they come early, it is 

 j best to keep it to a dwarf habit of growth. It is an 

 ; old variety, and is apt to be delicate in unfavourable 

 localities. 



The Swan's Egg, that old-fashioned, old English pear, 

 is worth, cultivating from its nice flavour and productive- 

 ness, in spite of its very small size. It is a small round 

 pear, greenish-yellow when ripe, with russet specks, 

 ^and dull brown on the sunny side sometimes, and the 



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