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berg and Anspach it has the nwinQ o i Zuckerbirne;
m Thuringia, of Zuckeradenbirne; and, finally, in
Vienna, it is known by the name of Plutzerbirne,
from its resemblance in form to a wine-flask.
The Germans distinguish two varieties of this,
the large and the sm a ll: whether they both exist in
ffiis country is not c e rta in ; but the old figure in
B a tty Langley’s Pomona, t. 65, is so unlike the
common form of the Summer Bonchretien, th a t it is
jjossible they do.
V This requires a south-east or west wall, and
will not succeed in this country as a standard. It
does not bear well on a quince k o c k , but should be
always worked on a pear. Ripens about the middle
of September, and keeps a few days only. In a
week or ten days after being gathered, it begins to
rot at the core.
W ood long, flexuose or zigzag, smooth, with
prominent buds, forming a drooping tree, like the
Jargonelle.
Leaves roundish, with a point, smooth, flat,
slightly and regularly se rrated; when young, very
thin and pale green on both sides, by which it is
readily distinguished from the Jargonelle, in which
they are at th a t time, of a thick, cottony texture.
F lo'wers the largest among Pears.
Fruit produced upon the extremities of young
branches, which iliust be borne in mind in pruning
the t r e e ; varying from to 4^ inches in length,
and from 2 i to 3 inches in breadth across the widest
part, exceedingly knobby and irregular in outline,
particularly about the eye, quite blunt at the base.
S k in , when fully ripe, of a pale lemon-colour, very
slightly tinged with red on the sunny side, and covered
all over pretty regularly with small green dots.
E ye prominent, small. Flesh yellowish, breaking,
firm, juicy, very sw^eet and excellent. Core very
small, placed near the eye. S eeds all abortive.
specimen figured was communicated by
Mr. Fairbairn, from the Garden of His Royal Highness
Prince Leopold, at Claremont.