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Ripe the beginning and middle of August.

This grows strong on the Pear, but middling on the Quince.

36. SUMMER BONCHRÉTIEN. Miller, No. 24. Pom. Mag. t. 14.

Bonchrétien d'E'té. Duhamel, 90. t. 47. f. 4.
Gracioli. Ib. according to the Pom. Mag.

Die Sommer Christbirne. Pom. Aust. Vol. i. p. 38. Fruit large, irregularly pyramidal, about four inches long, and three inches in diameter, exceedingly knobby and irregular in its outline, particularly about the eye. Eye small, prominent, in a narrow, shallow, obtuseangled basin. Stalk two inches and a half long, irregular and crooked, very obliquely inserted, in a knobby, irregular cavity. Skin, when fully ripe, of a pale lemon colour, very slightly tinged with red on the sunny side, and covered all over with small green dots. Flesh yellowish, breaking, firm, juicy, very sweet and excellent. Cone very small, placed near the eye.

Ripe the middle of September.

dots.

This will take on both Pear and Quince, but should never be grafted on the latter stock.

A very excellent old Pear, mentioned by Parkinson, and by many modern Pomologists in France, Italy, Holland, and Germany, under various other names, not necessary to quote here as synonymes.

It succeeds best in this country on an east or west wall, being rather too tender for an open standard. 37. SUMMER FRANCRÉAL. Pom. Mag. t. 106. Francréal d'E'té. Diels, Pom.

Vol. iii. p. 245.

Fondante, Knoop Pom. 93. t. 3. | according to the

France Canneel, Ib.

Gros Micet d'E'té. Of some

French Gardens,

Pom. Mag.

Fruit rather large, turbinate, thickest about two-thirds

from the stalk, diminishing a little to the eye, about three inches and a quarter long, and three inches in diameter. Eye connivent, moderately depressed. Stalk short and thick. Skin green, nearly smooth, becoming pale yellowish-green, after the fruit has been gathered some time, and is fit for table. Flesh white, firm, juicy, becoming buttery and melting, rich and excellent. Ripe the middle of September.

A very hardy tree, and a great bearer as an open standard.

38. WILLIAMS'S BONCHRÉTIEN. Vol. ii. p. 250. t. 16.

Hort. Trans.

Fruit pretty large, of an irregular, pyramidal, and somewhat truncated form, from three to four inches long, and from two to three inches in diameter. Eye seated on the summit, and never in a hollow or cavity, as in other varieties called Bonchrétien. Stalk an inch long, very gross and fleshy. Skin pale green, mottled all over with a mixture of darker green and russet brown, becoming yellowish and tinged with red on the sunny side when fully ripe. Flesh whitish, very tender and delicate, abounding with a sweet and agreeably perfumed juice.

Ripe the end of August to the middle of September. This Pear appears to have sprung up from seed in the garden of Mr. Wheeler, a schoolmaster at Aldermaston, in Berkshire, previously to 1770, as it was then a very young plant. An account of it was published by the Horticultural Society, as above, in 1816, at which time the garden in which the tree grew was in the possession of Wm. Congreve, Esq.

39. WINDSOR. Of all English Gardens.

Fruit middle-sized, oblong, obovate, not either pyramidal or turbinate, being widest above its middle, tapering to the crown, and suddenly contracted towards the stalk, where it is slender; about three inches and a half

long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter. Eye small, with a connivent calyx, prominently placed on the summit. Stalk an inch long, slender, convexly inserted without any cavity. Skin yellowish green, full of small green specks, becoming yellow when fully ripe, and tinged with orange on the sunny side. Flesh white, soft, with a little grit at the core, and a sugary astringent juice.

Ripe the end of August and beginning of September.

I have not quoted any synonymes of this Pear from foreign authors, not being able to satisfy myself of their identity with it. DUHAMEL'S figure of Cuisse Madame is pyramidally turbinate, evidently a different fruit.

The wood of the Windsor Pear is very stout, never producing laterals, perfectly erect, so much so as to be readily distinguished in the nursery from every other sort. The tree is by no means a hardy one, being very liable to canker, especially when planted either on gravelly or cold wet soils.

40. YAT. } of the Dutch Gardens.

Yut.

Fruit rather small, turbinate, about two inches long, and one inch and three quarters in diameter, generally a little flattened on the opposite sides. Eye small, opens with a very short calyx, seated in a rather shallow uneven basin. Stalk an inch long, rather slender, obliquely inserted, without any cavity. Skin of a very thick russetty brown, thickly covered with round grey specks, and generally a little coloured when exposed to the sun. Flesh breaking and tender, with a very sugary, rich, and highly perfumed juice.

Ripe the middle and end of September.

The trees of this very valuable variety grow large, and the branches are drooping like those of the Jargonelle, but much more slender and numerous. A very hardy bearer, brought from Holland by the late Thomas

Harvey, Esq., and planted in his garden at Catton, near Norwich, about sixty years ago, along with some plants of the Dutch Mignonne Apple, both sorts of which are now growing.

SECT. III.Autumnal. Round-fruited.

41. ASTON Town. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 18.
Aston Town. Pom. Mag. t. 139.

Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish turbinate figure, somewhat like a narrow-crowned Crasanne, but more tapered next the stalk, about two inches and a half deep, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, shallow. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender, protruding in a direct line from the base, and inserted with but little cavity. Skin pale greenish white, rugose, covered with numerous grey russetty specks, like the Crasanne. Flesh tender, buttery, and full of a most excellent saccharine perfumed juice.

Ripe the beginning and to the end of October.

Branches long and rather slender, flagelliform, with a manner of growing peculiar to this tree, that is, a tendency to twist round in growing upwards; so that at a distance, when planted as a standard, it may be distinguished from every other sort.

This most excellent Pear is at present but little known in many parts of England. It is, however, well known, and extensively cultivated in the north-west counties of Lancaster, Chester, and Hereford. In the latter county, particularly at Shobden Court, and at Garnstone, it is grown in abundance, both on walls, espaliers, and on open standards, where it furnishes constant crops of most perfect fruit, fully equal in goodness to those of the Crasanne, which it somewhat resembles. It was raised many years ago at Aston, in Cheshire. 42. AUTUMN BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 32. Mag. t. 120.

Pom.

Common Bergamot, Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 52.

York Bergamot,

Ib.

No. 62. according to the
Pom. Mag.

Fruit small, approaching the middle size, depressed, globular, about two inches and a half deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, open, in a regular-formed shallow depression. Stalk short and thick, inserted in a rather wide funnel-shaped cavity. Skin rather rough, yellowish green; but of a dull brown on the sunny side, and full of grey scabrous specks. Flesh whitish, melting, a little gritty next the core, with a sugary and richly perfumed juice.

Ripe the beginning of October, and good till the end. This succeeds well on both the Pear and the Quince. I have not quoted Duhamel, as he has given two figures of his Bergamotte d'Automne, neither of which appears to correspond with our Autumn Bergamot.

It is one of the best Pears of the season, and it is also one of the most ancient, supposed to have been in this country ever since the time of Julius Cæsar.

43. BELLE ET BONNE. Pom. Mag. t. 118. Belle et Bonne. Baumann's Catalogue.

Schöne und Gute. Taschenbuch, p. 431. according to the Pom. Mag.

Fruit large, globular, depressed, about three inches deep, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye large, open, with short crumpled segments of the calyx, in a shallow and rather uneven depression. Stalk one inch and a half long, curved, slightly inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin pale yellow, mixed with green, a little russetty on the sunny side, and slightly tinged with a few faint streaks of pale brown.

Flesh white, a little gritty, but soft and mellow, with a saccharine, rich, and perfumed juice.

Ripe the end of September, and is good for two or three weeks.

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