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THOMAS ANDREW KNIGHT.—APPENDIX III. 
Mr. Knight also adds the following description of another of his Seedling Pears *— 
The Pitfour Pear. 
This is in size about twice that of a Swans Egg when grown in the same soil and climate ; 
and in form it a good deal resembles the Colmar Pear. It ripens in October and November, and in 
the last season (1830) the first in which it was produced, its flesh was perfectly melting, and its juice 
rich and sweet. 
What the precise female parent of each of the above-mentioned varieties was I am not 
prepared to say; but I believe that all with the exception of the Foxley Pear , and possibly the 
Monarch , sprang from the seed of the Swans Egg. The Moor-fowl's Egg I believe to have been 
the female parent of the Foxley Pear; and I doubt whether the Monarch does not descend from the 
Autumn Bergamot. 
APPENDIX III. 
Descriptions of Several New Varieties of Pears raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, 
Esq., from Seed, together with Notes thereon, by Mr. Knight. 
[From the Transactions of the London Horticultural Society. 2nd Series. Vol. II., pp. 62—67. The descriptions 
were made in the Society’s Gardens, by Mr. Robert Thompson, the Superintendent.] 
March Bergamot Pear. 
Fruit middle sized, in form and appearance resembling the Autumn Bergamot. Flesh buttery, 
a little gritty near the core, rich and excellent. Season March or later. 
Note .—Owing to its resemblance in form to the Autumn Bergamot and its ripening chiefly in March (though it may 
be preserved later,) I have named this sort the March Bergamot. This variety and the Pengethley Pear would probably be 
greatly improved if grown upon a wall. 
Pengethley Pear. 
Fruit middle-sized, obovate, a little curved at the stalk. Eye small and a little open ; stalk 
about half an inch in length. Skin yellowish brown and considerably russeted. Flesh yellowish, 
juicy and rich. A very good pear. Season February and March. 
Note. —This Pear is larger, more juicy, and more inviting than the March Bergamot; and remains in perfection quite 
as late in Spring. The tree is large, and its growth excessively luxuriant. The fruit first appeared in 1831, and was then 
very fine. 
Ross Pear. 
Fruit large, obovate. Eye open and slightly sunken. Stalk short, moderately thick. Skin 
yellowish green interspersed with russet. Flesh inclining to yellow, gritty near the core, but rich, 
juicy and sugary throughout. Season, January. 
Note. —This Pear first appeared in 1832. The growth of the tree was extremely luxuriant, and the fruit all of large 
size. 
