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ASHMEAB^S KEEMELo 
UR continental neighbours have long, and justly, 
boasted of the great variety and delicious quality 
of the Pears which they have originated, and so 
successfully cultivated ; and the gardens of this 
country are, without doubt, indebted to them for the principal 
part of all those which, in the present day, are most valued in 
the dessert. If, however, France may place a high estimate 
on her Pears, England may be no less proud of her Apples ; not 
alone of those of the more stern and stringent qualities, suit- 
able for yielding cider, but of such as will always, without 
disparagement, stand side by side, in the dessert, with the 
Pears of France or the Channel Islands. 
The Pear requires a somewhat warmer climate than the 
Apple, to bring it to the highest perfection ; a soil, too, should 
be chosen for its cultivation, that is lighter and drier than that 
demanded by the Apple. These circumstances have afforded 
some advantage to our neighbours in respect to the growth 
of Pears. From the difference of temperature, in the two 
