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HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 



nary fruit. Synonyms — Pound pear, Bell -pear, 

 Groote mogul, Grand monarque. An old French 

 variety. 



Franc real d'Hiver — Colour brown and yel- 

 low; form roundish ovate; size medium. In use 

 from December to March. Tree hardy, and a 

 good bearer. Stews tender, and of a bright 

 light purple colour. Synonyms— Franc real, 

 Fin or d' Hirer. 



Gilogil. — Colour russet; form roundish; size 

 very large. In use from November to Feb- 

 ruary. Quality good, and very handsome. Syno- 

 nyms — Garde d'Fcosse, Voir gobert, and various 

 corruptions of Gilogil. 



Leonle Clerc. — Colour yellowish russet; form 

 obovate; size large. In use from December to 

 April. Not identical with Van Mons' Leon le 

 Clerc. Quality good for culinary purposes. 



Uredales St Germain. — Colour greenish brown; 

 form pyramidal; size very large, sometimes at- 

 taining the weight of 3 lb.; long esteemed as one 

 of our most valuable culinary fruits ; requires 

 the aid of a wall in most situations. In use 

 from January to April. Synonyms — Lent St 

 Germains, Chambers' large, Union, Uvedale's 

 warden, Piper, Pickering's pear, Pickering's 

 warden, Germain baker. 



SELECT LISTS OF PEARS FOR PARTICULAR 

 LOCALITIES, ETC. 



The following selection is considered by Mr 

 Errington to be the best twenty sorts in the 

 country : — 1, Citron de Carmes ; 2, Jargonelle ; 



3, Dunmore ; 4, Williams' Bon Chretien ; 5, 

 Beurre dAmalis ; 6, Fondante d'Automne ; 7, 

 Louis Bonne of Jersey ; 8, Aston Town ; 9, 

 Beurre d'Capiamont ; 10, Marie Louise; 11, 

 Althorp Cresane ; 12, Beurre Diel ; 13, Passe 

 Colmar ; 14, Hacon's Incomparable ; 15, Glout 

 Morceau ; 16, Winter Nelis ; 17, Knight's Mon- 

 arch ; 18, Easter Beurre ; 19, Beurre Ranz ; 

 20, Ne Plus Meuris. Of these the following are 

 adapted to a southern oixhard — Nos. 1, 2, 3, 



4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 ; for a northern or- 

 chard— Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14 ; for east and 

 west walls in the north, or for dwarf standards 

 in the south— Nos. 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 

 17, 19, 20 ; sorts fitted for cottages, being par- 

 ticularly profitable— Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9,12, 14, 17. 



Mr Rivers recommends the following twelve 

 varieties as pyramidal pears on the quince stock, 

 placed in the order of their ripening. Those 

 marked * may be chosen by those who require 

 only a few trees. This selection is made, 

 however, for the southern and midland coun- 

 ties : — Doyenne d'Et£, July ; * Jargonelle, Au- 

 gust ; Bon Chretien (Williams), September ; 

 * Beurre dAmalis, September ; Van Mons' Leon 

 le Clerc, October ; * Louis Bonne of Jersey, Oc- 

 tober ; Beurre Diel, November ; Belle de Neol, 

 December; *Passe Colmar, December ; Orphe- 

 line d'Enghien, January and February ; Jose- 

 phine de M alines, March ; *Susette de Bavay, 

 April and May. 



For twenty -four sorts add — Citron des Car- 

 mes, July ; Beurre" Giffard, August ; Beurre 

 Andusson, September; Doyenne, white, October; 

 Doyenne gris, October ; Duchesse d'Angouleme, 



November ; Urbaniste, November ; Winter - 

 Nelis, December ; Beurre Langelier, January ; 

 Beurre Sterckman, February ; Beurre, Easter, 

 March ; Beurre Ranz, April and May. 



N.B. — The Orpheline d'Enghien of Belgium 

 is synonymous with the Soldat Laboreur of 

 France and the Beurre d'Aremberg of most of 

 the collections in Britain. 



The following are given by the same authority 

 as suitable for wall-culture : — 



For south or south-west walls. — *Crassane, *Col- 

 mar, St Germain, *Doyenne d'Ete, Chaumon- 

 telle, Passe Colmar, Jargonelle, *Glout Morceau, 

 Brown Beurre, Fortunee, Van Mons' Leon le 

 Clerc, Gansal's Bergamot. 



For west or north-west icalls. — Beurre Diel, 

 Beurre d'Amalis, *Beurre Langelier, Beurre 

 Ranz, * Beurre Gris d'Hiver nouveau, *Duchesse 

 d'Orleans, Grosse Calebasse, Marie Louise, Na- 

 poleon, Louise Bonne of Jersey, *Josephine de 

 Malines, *Triomphe de Jodoigne. 



For east or south-east walls. — * Beurre Easter, 

 Citron des Carmes, Orpheline d'Enghien, Berga- 

 mot d'Esperen,Duchesse d'Angouleme, Crassane 

 d'Hiver, *Winter Nelis, *Doyenne Gris, Susette . 

 de Bavay, Urbaniste, *Triomphe de Jodoigne, 

 Doyenne Goubault. 



For north walls. — Catillac, Bellisime d'Hiver, 

 Passe Tardive, Leon le Clerc de Laval, and Vicar 

 of Winkfield, all good baking or stewing pears. 

 These are, however, only adapted to north 

 walls in the south, or more favourable situations 

 in the north. These are almost without exception 

 unsuitable for either standards or north-aspected 

 wall-cultivation in cold northerly places; for 

 although many of them will arrive at a pretty 

 good size, still they will not ripen even when 

 grafted on quince stocks. 



Select lut of pears which ripen at Culzean 

 Castle, Ayrshire. — Beurre Langelier, B. d'Capiau- 

 mont, B. d'Amalis, B. Ranee, Leon le Clerc, B. 

 d'Aremberg, B. Easter, B. Brown, B. Gracioli of 

 Jersey (?) Hacon's Incomparable, Louise Bonne 

 of Jersey, Marie Louise, Napoleon, Winter 

 Nelis, Fondante d'Automne, Thomson's, Gan- 

 sal's Bergamot, Autumn Bergamot, Beurre 

 Diel, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Glout Morceau, 

 Jargonelle, Knight's Monarch, Passe Colmar, 

 Williams' Bon Chretien, Urbaniste, Compte de 

 Lamy, Dunmore, Chaumontelle, and Catillac. 



Select list of pears which ripen well at Drum- 

 lavrig Castle, Dumfriesshire. (W. & S. indicate 

 their being grown on walls or standards). — Ber- 

 gamot autumn, W. ; B. Gansal's, on a quince 

 stock, S. ; Beurre d'Aremberg, W.; B. brown, W. ; 

 B. Ranee, W. ; B. Easter, W. ; Bon Chretien, sum- 

 mer, W.; B. Williams', W.; Citron des Carmes, 

 W. ; Cressane, W. ; Doyenne, white, very fine on 

 standards; Duchesse d'Angouleme, W. ; Dun- 

 more, W. ; Glout Morceau, W. ; Green pear of 

 Yair, S. ; Hessel, S. ; Jargonelle on W. and S., 

 grafted on the quince stock, on the latter pro- 

 ducing large crops, but the fruit is rather gritty; 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey, W. ; Marie Louise, W. ; 

 Moorfowl Egg, S. ; Napoleon, W.; Winter Nelis, 

 W.; St Clair? W.; Urbaniste, W.; Van Mons' 

 Leon le Clerc. 



Pears which ripen at Dalkeith Park, Mid- 

 Lothian, (S. and W. indicate Standard and Wall.) 



