PLATE LXIV. 
3. FERTILITY. 
A seedling raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from a pip of Betirrd Goubault (c. 1875). 
Description. —Fruit: even and regular in shape, obovate and terminating abruptly towards 
the eye, near which it has a suddenly contracted waist. Skin : entirely covered with a bright 
cinnamon coat of russet, which has an orange tinge on the side exposed to the sun. Eye: open, 
with short incurved segments, and set even with the surface. Stalk : three quarters of an inch long, 
stout, and inserted obliquely to the axis of the fruit without depression. Flesh : half melting, or 
crackling, very juicy, sweet, and with a rich and highly perfumed flavour similar to that of Williams' 
Bon Chretien , much subdued. 
A handsome, beautiful, and very excellent pear. It is in season in September and October. 
The tree is very productive as its name implies. It has great power to resist frost, thus it 
bears regularly, and sometimes seems to carry more fruit than leaves. An excellent market variety 
for the great abundance of fruit it produces. 
