PLATE LX. 
have been adopted at some earlier period. The synonyms which appear in the best pomological 
works, are objected to by local authorities. 
Description .—Fruit : large and obovate, four inches long by three and a half wide. Skin : 
green, entirely covered with rather rough dark brown russet, with a dull red tinge next the sun. 
Eye : small, set in a wide, pretty deep basin. Stalk : about an inch long, inserted without 
depression. Flesh : hard, crisp, coarse grained and gritty. 
An excellent stewing pear, in season from November to February or March, or even until 
April. This pear forms the type of the pears called “ Wardens,” which, Loudon erroneously says, 
are thus named from their property of keeping long ; whereas the fact is, they constituted the famous 
Warden pies of the ancient Abbey of Warden, in Bedfordshire. Its size might well suggest its 
selection for emblazonry on a shield. 
The tree is very hardy, but not vigorous in growth. In favourable soils it bears well as a 
standard. It should always be grafted on the pear stock, and if trained to cover the south side of 
a cottage, when full grown, will prove a small fortune to the owner, by producing an abundance of 
fine fruit very valuable in the market in the early months of the year, at a time, when a little 
addition to the income is most valuable. 
