Descriptions of several New Varieties of Fruit. G3 



climate, and at the distance of a few feet only. Both this variety 

 and the Pengethley Pear would probably be greatly improved if 

 grown upon a wall, and so cultivated I believe both would be 

 found very valuable in cold and unfavourable situations in which 

 the French and Belgic varieties could not be made to succeed. 



2. Pengethley Pear. 



Fruit middle-sized, obovate, a little curved at the stalk. Eye 

 small and a little open ; stalk about half an inch in length. Skin 

 yellowish-brown and considerably russeted. Flesh yellowish, juicy 

 and rich : a very good pear. Season, February and March. 



Note. — The Pengethley Pear remains in perfection quite as late 

 in the spring as the March Bergamot ; and it is larger and more 

 juicy, and its appearance more inviting. Some persons who tasted 

 both in the present spring thought it the best pear of the two. 

 The very high price of pears in the spring in the London and other 

 markets, induces me to think that both these varieties might be 

 cultivated with much advantage. This first appeared in the 

 autumn of 1831, and was then very fine. The tree is large and 

 its growth excessively luxuriant. 



3. Ross Pear. 



Fruit large, obovate. Eye open and slightly sunken. Stalk 

 short, moderately thick. Skin yellowish green interspersed with 

 russet. Flesh inclining to yellow, gritty near the core, but rich, 

 juicy and sugary throughout. Season, January. 



Note.— This first appeared in 1832. The fruit was all of large 

 size; and I suspect that in a more favourable season and better 

 climate it will become very large. The growth of the original 

 tree is extremely luxuriant. 



