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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
In Essex we are informed that Pears are attacked by mildew'. In Surrey 
they are a scanty crop, and owing to the hot dry weather the crop, such as it 
is, will soon be over. Strawberries generally did not produce blossoms here 
any more than they have done in Middlesex; and in instances w r here they did, 
the plants are dying off. In consequence of the very hot dry weather 
Gooseberries have been attacked in some places by a sort of red spider, so as 
to render it expedient to dig up the bushes. Cherries do not sv r ell nearly so 
w r ell as they ought in a great many cases. But, more unfortunately, the 
Potatoes begin to exhibit some symptoms of disease.—( Gardeners' Chronicle.) 
THE PEAR AND ITS VARIETIES. 
{Continued from jpage 55.) 
BERGAMOTTE SAGERET. 
Synonyme.—S ageret, Decaisne Jard. Fruit, du Mus. liv. 49. 
Figure. —Decaisne Jard. Fruit, du Mus. liv. 49. 
Fruit medium-sized, 3 inches wide and 3£ high, roundish obovatc, or some¬ 
what turbinate. Skin 
thick, yellowish green, 
thickly spotted v'ith 
large brown russet 
specks, which arc more 
dense on the side next 
the sun, and where they 
form large patches of 
russet, and occasionally 
with a tinge of red on 
the side next the sun. 
Eye large, wide, not 
open, not depressed. 
Stalk stout, three-quar¬ 
ters of an inch long, in¬ 
serted in a cavity. Flesh 
tender, melting, juicy, 
and sugary, with a plea¬ 
santly perfumed flavour, 
but rather gritty to¬ 
wards the core. 
A good second-rate 
dessert Pear, ripe in the 
end of November, and 
continuing in use during 
December and Januarv. 
«/ 
In France it is regarded 
as superior to the Easter 
Beurre, but it has not 
proved to be so with us. 
It w r as raised by M. Sa- 
geret, of Paris, about 
the year 1830. 
The tree is very 
vigorous and hardy, and forms a handsome pyramid, succeeding well as a 
