Louise Bonne has seven. Raised at Avranches in Normandy (1788), it curiously is called L. B. of Jersey.
Maréchal de la Cour has six, large and good. "One of the finest" (Dr Hogg).
Napoleon has fourteen. "Second rate" (Barron).
Red Doyenné has eleven, chiefly French. The fruit is superior to White D. (November).
Glou Morceau has twelve or thirteen, chiefly French. It is excellent in a warm soil and site (November and December).
Pears for Perry
Our people are beginning to discover that we can and ought to make as good Cider and Perry as is made in any country. Mr Radclyffe Cooke in his "Cider and Perry" gives the following list:—
| Early Varieties. | |
| Barland. | Moorcroft. |
| Red Pear. | Taynton Squash. |
| Midsummer. | |
| Langland. | Yellow and Black Huffcap. |
| Late. | |
| Blakeney Red. | Butt Pear. |
| Oldfield. | Pine Pear. |
| Rock Pear. | |
Sixty varieties appear in the List sent to the Pear Conference of the R.H.S., October 1885.
Gathering and Storing