In season: non-keepers, Sept. and Oct.; keepers, Oct. to Feb.

The pear is a very delicious fruit, and by extreme cultivation and care is produced of great size and delicious flavour. There are an immense variety of pears for eating and keeping. Pears should be covered with paper and hung up by their stalks so as not to touch each other. It is a good plan to cover the tip of the stalk with sealing-wax as we do to natural flowers for wearing in the evening; or wrap them in a layer of cotton, but never suffer them to touch each other.

Constituent parts in l lb.