The Barland Pear appears to have been extensively culti¬ 
vated in Herefordshire, prior to the publication of Evelyn’s 
Pomona in 1674, in which it is very frequently mentioned; 
and as no trees of this variety are found in decay from age, 
in favourable soils, it must be concluded, that the identical 
trees, which were growing when Evelyn wrote, still remain 
in health and vigour. 
The original tree grew in a field called the Pare Lands, 
whence the variety obtained its name, in the parish of Bosbury, 
and was blown down a few years ago. The specific gravity 
of the expressed juice, is about 1070. 
