PLATE LVIII. 
9. BLAKENEY RED. 
There is no published history of this fruit. It may possibly derive its name and origin from 
the parish of Blakeney in the Forest of Dean. 
Description. —Fruit: above medium size, of a regular pyriform shape. Skin: smooth, 
yellowish green on the shaded side, and a bright crimson on the side towards the sun, covered more 
or less with a very thin russet, and numerous very small spots. Eye : small and open, with upright 
calyx segments, set in a depression. Stalk: slender, an inch and a quarter long, set in a narrow 
cavity. Flesh : soft, moderately juicy, and very sweet, with slight Jargonelle flavour, with very little 
astringency, but with a slightly bitter after taste. 
The chemical analysis of the juice of the Blakeney Red Pear, by Mr. G. H. With, gave 
the following results :— 
Density of fresh juice ... ... ... ... 1*033 
Ditto after 24 hours exposure to air ... .. ... 1*034 
One hundred parts contained, of 
Sugar ... ... ... ... ... 9'68o 
Tannin, Mucilage, Salts, &c. ... ... ... 3*160 
Water ... ••• ... ... ... 87*160 
This coarse showy pear, has perhaps for these reasons, become lately very popular. It is 
saleable as a pot fruit for the manufacturing districts, but it is really a very worthless variety in the 
orchard, and the sooner the large number of young trees planted within the last ten years, are 
grafted with varieties of higher merit, the better. The perry made from its juice is rough and 
coarse in flavour, “ abominable trash,” and fit only for the most ordinary purposes, when nothing 
better can be got. 
