306 Description of Scotch Pears. 



V. Elshin Haft, or Wall Pole. 

 Leaves acute, smooth, serrated ; foot- 

 stalks moderately long. Tree rather 

 conical, healthy. Fruit ripe end of 

 October; taste indifferent; colour, 

 glossy yellow. Cultivated merely 

 for its beauty. 



VI. Briery Bush. Leaves 

 large, lanceolate, smooth, ser- 

 rated; footstalks long; a great 

 bearer. Tree round-headed, 

 not lofty ; branches pendulous. 

 Fruit ripe middle of October ; 

 does not keep ; may be used 

 as a dessert Pear ; colour, dull 

 red next the sun, green on the 

 other side. 



