PLATE LVIII. 
2. COPPY PEAR. 
[Syn : Coppice P\ 
The origin of this pear is not known. There are many very large trees in Worcestershire, 
which proves the variety to be of great age. 
Description .—Fruit : very small, growing in clusters, of a narrow ovate shape, with one side 
usually running up the stalk. Skin : yellow, and almost covered with small yellow russet spots. 
Eye : prominent, on a small ridge, with the projecting segments of the calyx closed. Stalk : 
slender, an inch or more long. Flesh : dry and pleasant to taste, sweet and rich, with a great 
astringency. Juice : small in quantity, bright straw colour, becoming very dark on exposure to air, 
and somewhat viscid. 
The chemical analysis of the juice (season 1882), by Mr. G. H. With, F.R.A.S., F.C.S., 
gave the following results :— 
Density of fresh juice 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air 
One hundred parts were found to contain, of 
Sugar 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. 
Water 
1-057 
1-063 
12-620 
4-380 
83-000 
IOO’OOO 
This analysis proves the pear to be more valuable than is generally thought, since it is now 
no longer propagated. The more succulent varieties have taken its place in general estimation. 
The trees are very large and spreading, with weeping slender boughs, very hardy, and so 
productive that the pears hang in bunches, and are therefore very small. There is a large orchard 
in the parish of Birtsmorton, Worcestershire. 
