THE 
FLORIST AND POMOLOOIST. 
THE BROCKWORTH PARK PEAR. 
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION. 
1 F this fine English seedling Pear, which obtained a First-Class Certificate from 
the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, when exhibited 
in September last, our artist has given a very faithful representation in the 
accompanying plate. From our illustration the beauty of this novelty will 
at once be seen, and since we can vouch that its quality is fully equal to its 
beauty, we believe it may fairly be designated the handsomest and most valuable 
dessert pear of recent years. 
For samples of the fruit we are indebted to Messrs. J. C. Wheeler and Son, 
of Gloucester, by whom the stock has been acquired, and from whom we learn 
that it was obtained by them from Mr. Lawrence, of Brockworth Park. It is, as 
we understand, a seedling raised at that place, one of its parents being the well- 
known and highly-esteemed Louise Bonne, of Jersey. 
The Brockworth Park Pear is a fruit of large size, the specimens figured 
measuring G|- in. in length and in. in circumference. Its form is oblong- 
pyriform, blunt and rather unequal at the base, with a stout, obliquely-inserted 
stalk about an inch long, set in a shallow basin, and having a small closed eye, 
with prominent pointed calyx segments. The skin is smooth, pale greenish 
yellow, slightly dotted, and with a delicate irregular tinting of red on the exposed 
parts. The flesh is very tender, fine-grained, and melting, with abundant rich 
vinous juice, the flavour very much resembling that of its parent, the Jersey 
Louise Bonne ; but the fruit is much larger and handsomer than in that variety. 
It comes into use about the middle or end of September. 
The tree is described as being hardy, of ornamental growth, and a very free 
bearer, young pyramids each producing as many as twenty fine pears. When 
grown against a wall, the fruits are said to average 12 oz. in weight. Altogether 
we have here, in the words of one of our leading pomologists, 44 a new pear of 
the highest merit, taking rank with the finest of our old-established varieties, 
and one which, extensive as our list of good pears already is, must yet be added 
to our collections.”—M. 
3rd series.—IV. B 
