Plate IV. 
sheltered situation ; but the fruit is so excellent that it deserves to have a proper place found for it 
in every garden. 
The Monarch has indeed become so great a favourite that every one likes to think he has it 
in his orchard. Many of Mr. Knight’s other seedling pears have thus been called the Monarch 
until in Herefordshire a complete confusion as to the real variety has taken place. For this reason, 
in addition to the coloured figure, an exact outline is also added of the coloured representation 
of the Monarch, as given in the “ Transactions of the Horticultural Society , 2nd Series , Vol. I, 
p. ioj y with the section at the head of the preceding page. 
ALTHORP CRASANNE. 
This well-known pear was produced by Mr. Thomas Andrew Knight, and the seedling first 
bore fruit in 1830. 
Description. —Fruit; rather above the medium size, two inches and three quarters wide, and 
two inches and a half high, roundish obovate, widest in the middle, and tapering gradually to the 
apex, which is somewhat flattened, but rounding towards the stalk. Skin ; pale green with a slight 
tinge of brown on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with minute russety dots. Eye; rather 
large and open, placed in a shallow and slightly plaited basin. Stalk; an inch and a half long, 
slender, curved, and not deeply inserted. Flesh ; white, buttery and juicy, with a rich and slightly 
perfumed flavour. 
The Althorpe Crasanne is a dessert pear of the finest quality. “It possesses all the richness 
of the Crasanne with less grittiness, being perfectly melting.” (See Introduction, p. 42.) 
Mr. Knight thought it the better of the two, “ its rose-water flavour will please where musk offends.” 
Season, October and November. 
The tree is hardy, vigorous, and an excellent bearer. It succeeds best as a standard, and is 
found to produce fruit of a superior quality even in soils that are unfavourable to the growth of pears 
generally. Mr. Knight believed it to be as hardy as the Swan s Egg Pear. 
