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had emitted new roots, but this was not till late in the sum- 

 mer, and on the 8th of October, the fruit was blown from 

 the tree by a violent storm. The two Pears were thi n very 

 nearly of the same weight and size, each being somewhat 

 more that eight inches in circumference, and in form, almost 

 perfectly spherical. Though bruised by their fall the Pears 

 remained sound till the beginning of December, when they 

 became sweet and melting, though not at all highly flavoured : 

 their flavour was, however, better than I expected, for they 

 were blown from the tree long before they would have ceased 

 to grow larger, if the state of the weather, would have per- 

 mitted ; and the autumn of 1808 was so excessively wet, that 

 some St. Germain Pears, which grew on a south wall in the 

 same garden, were wholly without richness or flavour. 



The new Pear very much resembled the St. Germain in 

 the form of the eye and stalk, and the almost perfectly sphe- 

 rical shape is that which might have been anticipated from 

 the forms of its parents. It will probably acquire a very 

 large size under favourable circumstances ; but removing 

 from my late residence at Elton, I have been under the ne- 

 cessity of again transplanting the tree, and therefore I can- 

 not expect to see its fruit in any degree of perfection till the 

 year 1811. I have subsequently attempted to form other 

 new varieties, by introducing the pollen of the Beurree, the 

 Crassane, and St. Germain Pears, into the prepared blos- 

 soms of the Autumn Bergamot, the Swan's Egg, and Aston 

 Town Pears ; but I have nor yet seen the result of the expe- 

 riments. The leaves and habits of some of the young plants 

 afford, however, very favourable indications of the future 

 produce. 



