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THE MARIE LOUISE PEAR;
Marie Louise. Hort. Trans, ml. ii. p . A 0 6 y voi. iii. p. 120;
voi. iv. p. 5 \9 , Jig. 20. Fruit Cat. no. 090.
The first information of the existence of this
Pear, was obtained from a box of fruit sent to the
Horticultural Society, in November 1816, by Dr.
Van Mons, of Brussels, by whom it had been
raised.
Since that period the variety has been very extensively
cultivated ; and the high opinion that was
entertained of its good qualities when it first arrived,
has been amply confirmed by experience.
It has been found one of the most valuable of
our Autumn Pears, bearing equally well on a standard
and a wall, resisting the inclemency of such
a climate as even that of Norfolk, and appearing
capable of afibrding a certain crop, under whatever
circumstances it may be placed. In fiavour and
beauty it has scarcely a superior. In the unfavourable
season of 1829, while even the Achan Pear,
which the Scotch consider one of the best adapted
to their northern situation, acquired no fiavour as
a standard near London, the Marie Louise gained
its usual size, colour, and fiavour.
There can be scarcely any doubt that the Pear
mentioned in Mr. Loudon’s useful Gardener’s Magazine,
vol. iii. p. 353, under the name of the Forme
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