XX. 
THE HOLMORE PEAR. 
A Pear, to be well calculated for the press, must possess 
a combination of properties, which will rarelj be found in 
the same variety. It must contain much saccharine, and 
much astringent, matter, or its juice will become acetous; 
and if fine flavour be not united to strength and richness, the 
Perry will be of little value. Few varieties of the Pear are 
therefore known, which deserve the care of the planter, who 
cultivates for the press; and amongst several hundred seed- 
ling plants, of which I have examined the fruit, the Hol- 
more Pear alone has appeared to me to be capable of 
affording fine Perry. 
In flavour this variety more nearly resembles the Barland 
Pear, than any other, with rvhich I am acquainted : but it 
is less harsh and astringent, and it ripens earlier, and more 
perfectly before it falls from the tree. The specific gravity 
of the juice is about 1066. The young grafted trees grow 
freely, and are abundantly productive of fruit. 
The original tree stands, in a hedge, on the estate of 
Charles Cooke, Esq. of the Moor, in the parish of Hoi more, 
near Hereford ; and it appears to be about seventy or eighty 
years old. 
