PLATE XLVI. 
5. PINT PEAR. 
Nothing is known of the origin of this Pear. It may be inferred that its very juicy nature 
su gg es ted its name. It is grown very much around Ledbury and in Worcestershire. 
Description. —Fruit: of full medium size, with a regular and rather round pyriform shape, 
tapering gradually towards the eye. Skin : of a pale green colour, with a slight tinge of orange on 
the side next the sun, and its surface everywhere covered with very minute dots thickly placed. 
A thin cinnamon russet surrounds the eye and the insertion of the stalk, and is often seen in 
patches on the body of the fruit. Eye : small and open, with erect segments almost level with the 
surface. Stalk : three quarters of an inch long, inserted on the tapering end of the fruit without 
depression, but often with a fold of the fruit on one side. Flesh : white and very juicy, subacid, 
with a sweet, sharp, and rather astringent taste, though without any distinctive flavour. The juice 
is very pale in colour. 
The chemical analysis of the Pint Pear (season 1880) Mr. With gives as follows : 
Density of the fresh juice ... .., ... 1*039 
Ditto ditto after 24 hours’ exposure to air ... ... 1*042 
And one hundred parts of the juce by weight yielded of— 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 11 ‘33 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 1*37 
Water ... ... ... ... ... 87*30 
The Pint Pear is an early variety, and from the abundance of its juice and the strength of the 
perry made from it, has gained considerable favour. “It runs a lot of liquor,” “ fills the measure 
well,” are generally the first observations made about it. It is apt to fret and be troublesome in 
making, which is partly due perhaps to its being ripe so early in the autumn. Its perry is pale in 
colour, rough and strong, and should be drunk from the cask from Christmas to March. In this 
way it is considered one of the most useful kinds of perry for home consumption. It is of no use for 
bottling, and thus does not take rank with the first order of perry pears. 
The tree is hardy, upright, and very free in growth, seldom failing to give a crop of fruit. 
