Pear
Description
This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
Pear
Pyrus communis. Of this fruit four hundred and forty-two varieties are at present cultivated in the Chiswick Gardens, and these with many more are described in the Horticultural Society's Fruit Catalogue.
The subjoined list, taken from the catalogue of D. Landreth and Fulton at the old Landreth nurseries comprises a selection of choice and approved varieties, abstracted from the mass in cultivation, the larger number of which are only calculated to disappoint those who rely on them - either by reason of the inferiority of the fruit, or want of adaptation to our climate - the latter to a very considerable extent; how else can we account for the quality of their product here, compared with their transatlantic character?
Explanation Of Abbreviations
Colour - g green; y yellow; rus russet; r red; b brown. Size - l large; m medium; s small. Form - obov obovate; pyr pyramidal..
Those marked * are of American origin.
NAME. | COLOUR. | FORM. | SIZE. | QI.TY | SEASON. |
Althorpe Crassanne .... | g | obov | M | 1 | Oct. to Nov. |
Bartlett...... | g y | pyr | L | 1 | Aug. Sept. |
Bell Pear..... | g | pyr | L | 2 | Sept. Mar. |
Bergamot, Hampden's | rus | round | M | 2 | Aug. Sept. |
*Bergamot, Autumn | rus | round | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Bergamotte, Suisse | y r | pyr | M | 2 | Oct. Nov. |
Bergamotte, Easter .... | g | obov | M | 1 | Mar. Apl. |
Bezi de Lamotte .... | y | round | M | 1 | Oct. Nov. |
*Bleeker's Meadow | g y | round | M | 1 | Oct. Dec. |
*Bloodgood ..... | y rus | obov | M | 1 | Aug. Sept. |
Beurre de Roi .... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
" Diel..... | y | obov | L | 1 | Sept. Dec. |
" de Capiaumont | b | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
" d'Amalis .... | b | obov | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
NAME. | CO- | LOUR. | FORM. | | S1ZE. | | QTI.Y | SEASON. |
Beurre Bosc ..... | 1) | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
" Summer .... | y | obov | M | 1 | July Aug. |
" d'Arembereg | y | obov | L | 1 | Dec. Jan. |
D " Easter .... | g | obov | L | 1 | Oct. Mar. |
" de Ranz .... | g | pyr | L | 1 | Feb. Apl. |
Buffum ...... | y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
*Chapman, Carr:s .... | g y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Nov. |
Chaumontelle ..... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Nov. Feb. |
Columbia ...... | y | obov | L | 1 | Nov. Jan. |
Compte de Lamay .... | y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Dearborn's Seedling | y | obov | M | 1 | Aug. Sept. |
Dix ...... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Oct. Nov. |
Doyenne Gris ..... | rus | pyr | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Duchess d'Angouleme | y | obov | L | 1 | Oct. Nov. |
Early Catharine .... | y | pyr | S | 1 | July Aug. |
Flemish Beauty .... | y | obov | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Pondante d'Automne | y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Forelle ...... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Nov. Jan. |
Frederick of Wirtemberg | y | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Gloux Morceau .... | g | pyr | L | 1 | Nov. Dec. |
Green Chisel ..... | g | obov | L | 2 | Aug. Sept. |
*Haddington, Smith's | g y | obov | L | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
* Harvard ..... | rus | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
*Heathcote..... | y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct. |
Holland Green .... | g | obov | L | 1 | Oct. Dec |
La Bon Cure ..... | y | pyr | I. | 1 | Sept. Oct |
L'Echasserie ..... | round | M | 1 | Nov. Mar | |
*Lewis . | g | obov | M | 1 | Oct. Jan |
Leon Le Clerc - Van Mons | y | pyr | L | 1 | Oct. Nov |
*Lodge ...... | rus | pyr | S | 1 | Oct. Dec |
Long Green Mouth water . | g | pyr | L | 1 | Aug. Sept. |
Louise Bonne de Jersey . | g | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct |
Madeline ..... | g | obov | M | 1 | July Aug |
Marie Louise .... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct |
Muscat Allemande | g | obov | L | 1 | Nov. Feb |
Passe Colmar ..... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Nov. Jan |
*Pennsylvania .... | g | obov | L | 1 | Sept. Oct |
*Petre...... | y | pyr | L | 1 | Sept. Oct |
Rousselet de Rheims | rus | pyr | L | 1 | Oct. Nov |
*Rushmore ..... | y | obov | M | 1 | Sept. Oct |
*Seckel ..... | rus | obov | S | 1 | Sept. Oct |
Stephen's Genessee | y | obov | M | 1 | Oct. Nov |
St. Germaine, Uvedale's | rus | pyr | L | 1 | Nov. Apl |
*St. Germaine, Prince's . | rus | obov | L | 1 | Nov. Jan |
St. Ghislan..... | y | pyr | M | 1 | Oct. Nov |
Sugar ...... | y | pyr | I | 1 | Aug. Sept |
Surpass Virgalieu .... | y | obov | L | 1 | Oct. Nov |
Swan's Egg..... | g | obov | M | 1 | Oct. Nov |
Urbaniste ..... | g | obov | 11 | 1 | Oct. Nov |
* Washington ..... | y | obov | M | 1 | Aug. Sept |
Winter Nelis..... | g | obov | M | 1 | Dec. Feb |
The annexed outlines and descriptions of a few prominent varieties will doubtless interest those who may not have access to a work especially devoted to fruits. The descriptions have been made as concise as practicable, consistent with perspicuity. For further information, see Cox, Kenrick, Downing - American pomologists.
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