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THE OECHABD AKD FRUIT aAEDEN. 



tree bears regularly and abundantly, in such thick 

 clusters, that it is called " fill basket " in some parts. 

 It is a delicious-flavoured, sweet, juicy little pear, its 

 thick, leathery skin being its greatest drawback. It 

 ripens in October, will keep several weeks, and the 

 tree has a tall, upright growth. The eye of the 

 fruit is small, with a short calyx, prominently 

 placed, and surrounded by a few wrinkled plaits ; 

 the stalk is of medium length, slender, and placed 

 in a small cavity. 



The Calebasse is a large pear, bossy, and almost 

 equally thick all the way up. It is greyish-yellow, 

 more yellow on the sunny side, and partly covered with 

 a thin orange-grey russet. It is very sweet and juicy, 

 but a little gritty. It ripens early in October, and 

 will keep a fortnight or three weeks. It is often bent 

 in the middle, the stalk is rather long, obliquely in- 

 serted under one or two knobs, and the eye is open^ 

 with a very short, acute calyx. 



The Bishop's Thumb is similar in outline and colour, 

 but smaller, and very fine in flavour, having abundance 

 of rich, sweet juice. It ripens the end of October, and 

 is a distinct and excellent pear. 



The Brown Beurre is an old-fashioned, excellent 

 English pear, large, long, tapering to the stalk, russety 

 brown, with a little bright brown or red on the sunny 

 side. It is juicy, melting, rich and excellent in flavour, 

 is ripe in October, and will keep good for a few w^eeks. 

 It is called Eed Beurre, Golden Beurre, Beurre Grris, 

 and many other names, no doubt from the colour 

 varying much on difi*erent stocks and in different soils 

 and situations. It is also called Beurre d'Anjou, 

 Beurre d'Ambleuse, Beurre d'Amboise, and other names 

 from places, denoting its extended popularity. The eye 

 is small, in a shallow basin, the stalk of medium length, 

 stout, and thickening obliquely into the fruit. The 

 'Brown Beurre does well on the pear or quince, but it 

 is tender and subject to canker. It must have a sound, 

 dry soil ; it does best against a wall ; and if the locality 

 is not warm and sheltered, a south or south-east aspect, 



