XX. 



THE HOLMORE PEAR. 



A Pear, to be well calculated for the press, must possess 

 a combination of properties, which will rarely be found in 

 the same variety. It must contain much saccharine, and 

 much astringent, matter, or its juice will become acetous ; 

 and if fine flavour be not united to strength and richness, the 

 Perry will be of little value. Few varieties of the Pear are 

 therefore known, which deserve the care of the planter, who 

 cultivates for the press ; and amongst several hundred seed- 

 ling plants, of which I have examined the fruit, the Hol- 

 more Pear alone has appeared to me to be capable of 

 affording fine Perry. 



In flavour this variety more nearly resembles the Barland 

 Pear, than any other, with which I am acquainted : but it 

 is less harsh and astringent, and it ripens earlier, and more 

 perfectly before it falls from the tree. The specific gravity 

 of the juice is about 1066. The young grafted trees grow 

 freely, and are abundantly productive of fruit. 



The original tree stands, in a hedge, on the estate of 

 Charles Cooke, Esq. of the Moor, in the parish of Holmore, 

 near Hereford ; and it appears to be about seventy or eighty 

 years old. 



