PLATE LI. 
5. BROOM PARK. 
This seedling first bore fruit in 1830. Mr Knight named it from Broom Park, near 
Canterbury, the seat of Sir Henry Oxenden, Bart., whose son was the companion and friend of 
Mr. Knight’s only son. 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, roundish obovate. Skin : yellow, sprinkled with 
cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye : small, dry and horny, set in a slight depression. Stalk : an inch 
long, curved and inserted in a slight cavity. Flesh : yellowish, melting, juicy and sugary, with a 
rich musky flavour. 
An excellent pear, with a peculiar flavour, which Mr. Thompson, at Chiswick, thought to 
partake somewhat of the melon and pine apple flavour. It is in season in January. 
The tree is very hardy and vigorous. It succeeds well on the pear or quince stock, and 
bears abundantly. 
