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account only for its good cropping qualities and its beauty.” On these grounds 
alone I was inclined to grow it; therefore, ordered two plants, but unfortunately 
only kept one myself—that I planted against a west wall, and although only a 
little tree, I have each year had a nice crop of fruit of so pretty a character, that 
some of my friends the past autumn fancied I had fastened artificial fruit on the 
tree, the size and colour of the Pears being so different to those they had been 
accustomed to see growing in the midland counties. But it is not solely of its 
beauty I wish to speak—it has far higher qualities. The past season appears to 
have well suited it, for the flavour was excellent, partaking somewhat of a good 
Bon Chretien, with a fine musky aroma, juicy and buttery. I have occasionally 
eaten the fruit in Jersey—where it grows to an immense size—but have never 
considered it first-rate until last year, when I found fruit, weighing over a pound 
each, to be highly flavoured, even more so than Duchesse d’Angouleme or Marie 
Louise, and preferred by some to those varieties, which is saying a great deal in 
its favour. I brought from Jersey last November some extraordinary specimens 
of this variety, and found that they were excellent for about a month. Unlike 
Beurre Bose, Marie Louise, Van Mons Leon le Clerc, and other fine varieties that 
ripen in October and November, it will not go rotten at the core until the fruit is 
entirely decayed, which peculiarity is a great drawback to many of our richest 
Pears. If any one were to ask me to name three Pears best suited to the mid¬ 
land districts of England, I should not omit Beurre Clairgeau—its handsome fruit, 
of excellent quality, combined with its perfect hardiness and great cropping pro¬ 
pensities, even in its infancy, places it in my opinion at the top of the list. 
The Cedars, Castle Bromwich. Chas. Jas. Perry. 
- THE PEAR AND ITS VARIETIES. 
{Continued from 'page 255, Vol. 1864.) 
BERGAMOTTE DESTRYKER. 
Synonyme. —Bergamotte de Stryker. 
Fruit small, even and regularly-shaped, roundish. Skin smooth, and 
somewhat shining, of a greenish yellow colour, 
and marked with russet dots. Eye very large 
and open, with long, broad, and spreading seg¬ 
ments. Stalk about three-quarters of an inch 
long, quite green, and inserted without depres¬ 
sion. Flesh white, half melting, and very juicy. 
Juice thin and watery, sweet, and pleasantly- 
flavoured. 
A second-rate little Pear, ripe in the end of 
October. 
This was raised by M. Parmentier, of En- 
ghein. 
BERGAMOTTE DUSSART.— Bouvier. 
Fruit medium-sized, 2f- inches high and 
3 wide, Bergamot-shaped. Skin clear green, 
changing to lemon yellow as it ripens, strewed 
with green and grey points, and mottled with 
green patches. Eye open, placed in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk stout, 
woody, a quarter to half an inch in length, inserted in a small wide cavity, 
which is sometimes bossed and undulated. Flesh white, fine, melting, and 
juicy. Juice abundant, sugary, vinous, slightly acid, and perfumed. 
A pretty good Pear, but not of first-rate quality, ripe from November to 
January. It was raised by M. Dussart, of Joigne. 
