PLATE LXVIII. 
2. VICTORIA. 
A seedling from Marie Louise, fertilized by Ganselis Bergamot , raised by the Rev. John 
Huyshe, of Clyst-Hydon, near Exeter. Mr. Huyshe was a Freemason of high degree, and a 
devoted loyalist, and rejoiced to name his fruits after the Royal family. 
This variety was figured in the Pomologist for 1867. 
Description. —P'ruit : medium sized, oval or almost cylindrical, slightly flattened at the end. 
Skin : yellowish, freckled and lined with russet. Eye : small and open, set in a shallow depression. 
Stalk : very short and thick, inserted without depression on the end of the fruit, and sometimes 
obliquely inserted as in Betirrb diAremberg. Flesh : yellowish, melting, rather gritty at the core, 
juicy, rich, sugary and vinous. 
An excellent pear of the first quality, in season from the end of November to the middle of 
December. The fruit, when well grown, should weigh from to 5 ounces. 
The tree is very hardy and prolific, and is perhaps most useful when grown as a pyramid. 
In Devonshire this variety is grown very successfully. Its blossoms resist the frost, and it is almost 
as free a bearer as Beurre Capiaumout. On the pear stock it also grows freely, without liability to 
canker. 
