558 
THE? PEAR. 
Cure , or Monsieur le Ctire. A short time after it became 
known at Paris, it was imported into England by the Reverend 
Mr. Rham, of Winkfield, Berkshire, and cultivated and dissemi 
nated from thence, becoming known in the neighbourhood of 
London as the Vicar of Winkfield. 
With regard to its merits there is some difference of opinion 
— some persons considering it a fine fruit. It is always remark- 
ably large, fair, and handsome. We think it always a first rate 
baking pear. Occasionally we have tasted it fine as a table 
pear, but generally it is astringent, and only third rate for this 
purpose. If ripened off in a warm temperature, however, it 
will generally prove a good, second rate eating pear. But its 
great productiveness, hardiness, and fine size, will always give 
it a prominent place in the orchard as a profitable market 
cooking pear. The tree grows thriftily, with drooping fruit 
branches. Shoots diverging, dark olive. 
Fruit large and long-pyriform, often six inches long, and a 
little one-sided. Skin fair and smooth, pale yellow, sometimes 
with a brownish cheek, and marked with small brown dots. 
Stalk an inch or an inch and a half long, slender, obliquely in- 
serted without depression. Calyx large, open, set in a basin 
which is very slightly sunk. Flesh greenish-white, generally 
juicy, but sometimes buttery, with a good, sprightly flavour. 
November to January. 
Vicomte de Spoelberch. Van Mons. 
De Spoelberg. Delices, Yan Mons. 
Tree vigorous, productive ; has not proved very good, may 
improve with age. 
Fruit medium, roundish, turbinate. Skin pale yellow, cover- 
ed with numerous small dots, and small patches of russet. 
Stalk long, curved, fleshy at its insertion, with slight russet. 
Calyx opeu, basin shallow. Flesh white, buttery, juicy, melt- 
ing, not high flavoured. November, December. 
Wadleigh. Cole. 
Origin, New Hampshire. Fruit rather small, roundish, obo- 
vate. Skin yellow. Stalk short, stout, inserted in a small 
plaited basin. Flesh melting, juicy and delicious. Tree hardy 
and vigorous. Last of August and first of September. (Cole.) 
Walker. Van Mons. 
135 of Yan Mons. 
Tree hardy, but not a rapid grower; forms a fine pyramid; 
shoots very stout, greyish- brown. 
Fruit large, exceedingly elongated, pyriform. Skin yellow, 
