Account of some Pears and Apples. 227 



it is watery and insipid. The form of the spurious variety, 

 as Du Hamel has remarked, is less long, and subject to 

 much more variations, than that of the true variety. The 

 true St. Germain remains in perfection till the latter end of 

 March, and may be easily preserved till April, and is amongst 

 the very best of the Winter Pears. 

 If the grafts I send be inserted into the horizontal branches 

 deprived of their barren spurs, of old Pear Trees, on walls, 

 they may be made to afford fruit next year ; but for this 

 purpose the grafts must remain nearly as long as the longest 

 scions I send ; and they should be inserted as near as pos- 

 sible to the extremity of the branches, and their points be 

 bent downwards, and secured to the wall. 



I have long cultivated the two varieties of the St. Germain, 

 and in very different soils ; and I formerly supposed the true 

 variety to be the Louise Bonne (which Mr. Forsyth has 

 translated, for the " benefit of country gentlemen," the Good- 

 Lewis Pear ) ; but from that it diners widely in its wood, 

 foliage, and blossom. 



These grafts are accompanied with others of some new 

 varieties of Apples, which, I believe, deserve culture, and of 

 which I will add a concise description. 



The Yellow Ingestrie Pippin. Similar in colour and flavour 

 to the Golden Pippin, but ripens early in October ; a very 

 productive variety, and amongst the best of its season. 



The Red Lngestrie Pippin. Ripens a fortnight later than 

 the Yellow, and resembles a good deal in colour a very ripe 

 Golden Rennet. This, and the preceding variety, sprang 

 from two seeds of the same Apple, which occupied the same 



