The Bar] and Pear appears to have been extensively culti- 

 vated in Herefordshire, prior to the publication of Evelyn's 

 Pomona in l6'74, in which it is very frequently mentioned; 

 and as no trees of this variety are found in decay from age, 

 in favourable soils, it must be concluded, that the identical 

 trees, which were growing when Evelyn wrote, still remain 

 in health and vigour. 



The original tree grew in a field called the Bare Lands, 

 whence the variety obtained its name, in the parish of Bosbury, 

 and was blown down a few years ago. The specific gravity 

 of the expressed juice, is about 1070. 



