July 24. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 285 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
D 
M 
D 
W 
JULY 24—30, 1855. 
Weather near London in 1853. 
Sun 
Rises. 
Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. & S. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
bf. Sun. 
Day of 
Year. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
24 
To 
Wall Butterfly. 
30.103—30.051 
85—57 
S.E. 
13 a 4 
59 a 7 
11 45 
10 
6 
11 
205 
25 
W 
St. James. Ds. Camb. b. 1797. 
30.054—30.040 
89—58 
E. 
— 
15 
58 
mom. 
11 
6 
12 
206 
26 
Th 
Black Hair-streak Butterfly. 
30.103—30.052 
75—55 
E. 
52 
16 
57 
0 18 
12 
6 
13 
207 
27 
F 
Purple Hair-streak Butterfly. 
30.152—30.073 
67—51 
S.E. 
02 
17 
55 
1 7 
13 
6 
13 
208 
28 
S 
Green Hair-streak Butterfly. 
30.200—30.182 
71—38 
S.E. 
— 
19 
54 
2 17 
14 
6 
12 
209 
29 
Son 
8 Sunday after Trinity. 
30.183—30.045 
76-54 
S. 
— 
20 
52 
rises. 
© 
6 
11 
210 
30 
M 
Large Blue Butterfly, 
29.969—29.816 
82—56 
S. 
46 
22 
51 
9 alO 
16 
6 
9 
211 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest tem¬ 
peratures of these days are 74.1°, and 52°, respectively. The greatest heat, 92°, occurred on the 25th, in 1844; and the lowest cold, 40°, 
on the 24th, in 1838. During the period 113 days were fine, and on 83 rain fell. 
THE FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES OF .GREAT 
BRITAIN. 
NO. I. 
FORELLE, OR TROUT PEAR. 
Identification. —Diel Kernobst. v. 51. Christ Handw. 
147. Down. Fr. Ainer. 389. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, 
n. 235. 
Synonymes. —Forellenbirne Diel Kernobst v. 51. Poire 
Truitee. Album dc Pom. iii. G5. Forelle. Ibid. 
Corille at Courtray. Truite. 
Figures. —Sickler Obstgart. xx. t. 16. Hort. Trans, v. 
p. 409. Album de Pom. iii. pi. 18. 
The varieties of our autumn Pears are already too 
numerous, and we would not willingly increase them 
any farther, unless when we meet with something which 
deserves especial notice. The variety which we are 
about to describe, though not new, is one which is very 
little known in this country. We have had it sent us 
on one or two occasions by some of our readers, who 
have wished us to name it for them; but it is far from 
being common, although it may be had in most of the 
respectable nurseries. 
The fruit is of medium size, and generally oblong- 
obovate, but sometimes assuming a pyriform shape ; but 
that which is shown in the figure is the more charac¬ 
teristic. When first gathered the skin is smooth, of a 
fine bright grass-green on the shaded side, and of a 
glossy brownish-red on the side exposed to the sun ; 
but as it ripens by keeping, the green becomes a very 
beautiful lemon-yellow, and the red a brilliant crimson, 
thinly and not intensely coloured. It is thickly dotted 
all over with yellowish-grey dots, which are frequently 
encircled with a crimson ring, giving it a speckled ap¬ 
pearance, like a trout, and lienee the name. The eye is 
small, with short, hard segments, like the bead of a 
clove, and set in a shallow basin. The stalk is from an 
inch to an inch-and-a-quarter long, slender, and inserted 
in a small, shallow cavity. The flesh is nearly pure 
white, fine-grained, very juicy, buttery, and melting, 
with a rich, vinous, and aromatic flavour. 
This very valuable dessert Pear is ripe in November, 
and continues in use till January. It is one of the most 
beautiful varieties in cultivation; and, unlike many of 
those which have only size and colour to recommend 
them, it forms not only an ornamental but a useful object 
in the dessert. 
The tree attains, when at its full growth, the middle 
size, and is vigorous during the early part of its growth. 
It is also an early and a good bearer, very healthy, and 
succeeds better on the Pear stock than on the Quince. 
It bears well in the open ground, and should be grown 
as a dwarf or pyramid, rather than a standard, as the 
fruit is very apt to be thrown down by violent winds. 
In northern and exposed situations it should receive the 
shelter of a wall; but in the midlands and the south it 
does well in the open ground. 
The Forelle, or Trout Pear, is a native of Northern 
Saxony, and was introduced to this country between 
thirty and forty years ago. 
It will be understood by our readers, that the abov$ 
is from the pen of one of our Editors, the author of 
“ British Pomology;” nor could we place before our 
readers a more useful series of illustrations and of fruit- 
history, than will be afforded by these notes and por¬ 
traits of the “ Fruit of Great Britain.” Every one fond 
No. CCCLYI. Vol. XIV. 
