PLATE XXXVIII. 
i. HACON’S INCOMPARABLE. 
[Syn : Downham Seedling .] 
This esteemed variety was raised by Mr. J. G. Hacon, of Downham Market, Norfolk, about 
the year 1815, from a seed of a local variety called Raynor s Norfolk Seedling. Another account 
states that it was produced in 1792 from a pip planted by Mrs. Raynor in a baker’s yard there. 
Description. —Fruit: medium sized, roundish. Skin : pale yellowish green, with a mixture 
of brown, covered with numeroifs russety spots and markings of russet. Eye : small and open, 
with short, narrow segments, set in a shallow basin. Stalk : an inch long, stout and inserted in a 
wide shallow cavity. Flesh : white, buttery and melting, with a rich, sweet, vinous and musky 
flavour. 
A dessert Pear of excellent quality ; in season from November to January. 
The tree is hardy and vigorous. It takes eight or ten years to bear, but then bears well. 
It succeeds well as a standard, and makes a good pyramid. 
