GLOUT MORCEAU. 
viz. — G loux Morceaux ; Beurre d’Hardenpont ; Hardenpont 
d’Hiver ; Colmar d’Hiver ; Beurre d’Hiver Nouvelle ; Beurre 
d'Aremberg, (of some); Got Luc de Cambron; Kronprinz Fer- 
dinand ; Beurre de Cambron ; Kronjjrinz Ferdinand Van 
Oestreich; Linden d’Automne; Roi de Wurtemberg. 
This delicious Pear was introduced to England through the 
garden of tlie Horticultural Society, where it was received in 
IS“20, from M. Parmentier, of Enghien. In France it is a 
favourite variety, where dwarf trees of it may be met with in 
almost every gai-den, bearing abundance of fine fruit. In the 
colder parts of England common standards seldom ripen their 
fniit perfectly. It should not, however, be grafted on common 
stocks, but on quince stocks, the method, as Mr. Rivers says, 
which universally jirevails in France, in the cultivation of this 
Pear ; and so treated, it not only ripens its frait well in any 
soil and situation, but becomes a most prolific bearer, either as 
an espalier, dwarf bush, or pyramidal tree. 
Our drawing was made in March, when the fmit, in colour, 
assumed a yellowish green ; smooth, and bearing numerous 
fine nissetty specks. The eye is deeply sunk in an irregular 
hollow. Its stalk rather short and inclosed in a narrow oblique 
cavity. Its flesh is exceedingly rich and sugary, and possesses 
a most gratifying buttery smoothness ; still, in some soils, it 
will acquire a little grittiness towards the core. The three 
months of December, Januarv', and Februaiw, are those in 
which it is in the highest perfection. 
Our specimens were grown on a south wall, a situation of 
which the variety is deserving; and here the fruit assumes 
a somewhat different form from that grown on standards, 
being more elongated towards the eye, and altogether less 
round. Good Pears of this variety are always worth, in Lon- 
don, from three to six shillings per dozen. 
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