EASTER BEUERe'. 
by J. Moorman, Esq., of Clapham Road, Surrey ; whose collec- 
tions of Pears, which have been, year after yeai% exhibited at the 
London Horticultural Society’s meetings, as late as Januaiy or 
Fehruaiy, have excited considerable attention. As to Mr. Moor- 
man’s mode of presenting them, in high perfection, to so late a 
period of the season, more seems to depend on their being gath- 
ered vdthout injuiy, in a proper state of maturity, than to any 
peculiarity of subsequent treatment ; but of this we wiU give 
further information on a future occasion. 
By the majority of fruit gi’owers, both in our o^^■n countiy and 
in France, this is considered to be the best of all the very late- 
keeping Pears. Be this as it may, no collection should be 
without it. AYhere it originated is unknown, hut it is generally 
supposed to have been raised in Flanders : and was introduced 
to England from Belgium, by the London Horticultural Society. 
In its cultivation it is of the veiy first importance that it he 
budded or grafted on the Quince stock ; so treated, its fmit be- 
comes better ripened, and it is a fai’ more certain bearer ; indeed, 
it is said by Mr. Rivers, than whom few men have paid more 
anxious attention to the cultivation of Pears, that “ so wonder- 
fully prolific is this Pear, when grafted on the Quince, that 
plants only from one to two feet high, will, if removed or root- 
pinned, the first season after grafting, bear most abundantly the 
third season. I feel assured that on this stock it may, with 
facility, be cultivated in large pots.” It is always obseiwed that 
this fmit from standard trees is of finer flavour than that from 
walls. We recommend its cultivation as dwai'f trees, or if trained 
to a wall, that it be in an east or west aspect ; and in either 
case, that it be on Quince stocks. 
This Pear may he known from its eye being small, with a 
connivent calyx, sunk in a moderate bason ; stalk short and 
thick, in a somewhat angular cavity. Ground colour of its sldn 
a greenish yellow, thickly sti’ewed over with mssetty spots, which 
in some instances spread out on portions of the surface to an 
irregular moss-like msset. Its flesh is variable ; some being 
gritty and wanting in juice ; but when grown under favourable 
circumstances, it becomes perfectly butteiy, well sweetened, and 
rich in flavour. 
