VARIETIES OE THE LAST CENTIJRT. 



[62. Lord Martin. 



163. Winter Citron, or Musk 



Orange. 

 64. "Winter Russelet. 

 "65. Gate pear : discovered in 

 ' Poictou, where it was much 



esteemed. 

 |66. Bergamot Bugi, or Easter 



Bergamot. 

 j67. Winter Bon Chretien. 

 |l€8. Catillac. (Baking.) 

 ''69. La Pastonrelle. 

 j70. Double Flowering. (Baking.) 

 ||71. St. Martial, or Poire Ang6- 

 ji Hque. 



81 



72. Wilding of Chaumontelle. 



73. Carmelite. 



74. Union. 



75. Aurate. 



76. Fine Present, or St. Samson. 



77. Le Bousselet de Reims. 



78. Summer Thorn. 



79. Egg pear : the shape of an 



egg- 



80. Orange Tulip. 



81. La Mansuette. 



82. Grerman Muscat. 



83. Holland Bergamot. 



84. Pear of Naples. 



The figures of this list do not agree with those quoted 



ijjby Dr. Lindlej and others from Miller's list of later 

 idate ; and, on the other hand, it includes some which 

 are not quoted from Miller. Alas ! among these once- 

 favourites, how many there are whose names are never 



I [mentioned now : what do ive kaow about these three 



! 'Blankets, or the Choakj pear ? but it is pleasant to hear 

 icews of that date of our splendid Chaumontelle, the 



i iJargonelle — that welcome, early visitor — the Cassolette, 

 the Bergamots, the Mouille Bouche, the Bon Chretien, 



j the Louise Bonne, Crassane, and such-like abiding 

 'favourites. The White Doyenne, Doyenne d'Or, or St. 

 [Michel, than which no pear is more delicious, appears to 

 "have been well known to Miller, and popular in his day, 

 rather more than a hundred years ago ; and he names 



! the Black pear of "Worcester, for cooking, and Lord 



i Cheyne's pear, or the Holland Bergamot, for eating, as 

 in use for July, if kept with care. 



Those who wish to pursue this subject further than 



jWe have space or opportunity for here, may consult 

 (Parkinson, who wrote a folio volume in 1629, Miller, 

 >lwhose works date from the middle of the last century, 

 Duhamel's Traite des arh^es Fruitiers, 1768, and many 



I iDther excellent works, both in English and French, from 



I that time to the present. 



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