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4. Verulam (December to March). — A large and very hardy 

 Pear ; succeeds as a standard, the tree growing to a great 

 size. 



Note. — Stewing Pears may often be grown with more profit by cottagers 

 and small farmers than dessert Pears, as they generally crop better and 

 always keep and travel better, being less sensitive to injury ; care, 

 however, in picking and packing will be amply repaid by the increased value 

 of the fruit. 



Plums for Eating. 



1. Belgian Purple (late August). — Dark red; a great bearer ; 

 also cooks well. 



2. Bryanstone Gage (mid- September). — Green; fine flavour; 

 better on bush or wall, but succeeds as a standard in warm 

 soils. 



3. Denniston's Superb (late August). — Green ; of Greengage 

 flavour ; a constant bearer. 



4. Greengage (early September). — An old favourite, but 

 not a very free bearer. Should not be grown as a standard 

 except in very favoured spots. 



5. Jefferson's (September). — Green; a large and magnificent 

 dessert Plum ; the best " all-round " table kind. 



6. Rivers' Early Transparent (early September). — Green ; 

 the finest early dessert Plum ; best on a bush or on wall or 

 fence. This must not be confused with " Transparent " or with 

 " Late Transparent," which are distinct varieties. 



Plums foe Cooking. 



1. Cox's Emperor (early September) .—Bark red; of the 

 Orleans type ; a strong grower. 



2. Gisborne's (early September). — Yellow ; somewhat like 

 " Pershore " ; a great bearer. 



3. Pavers' Early Prolific (early August). — Purple ; the 

 most valuable early Plum ; of superb flavour when cooked ; 

 spreading in growth. 



4. Rivers' Czar (mid-August). — Dark red ; a good bearer ; 

 of strong, upright growth. 



5. Rivers' Monarch (mid- September). — Black ; very large ; 

 the best late Plum. 



6. Victoria (late August). — Pink ; an enormous bearer ; the 

 best for general purposes, 



