Madame Treyve is a good September pear, red and yellow, in chalky soil. It bears freely, but is not first rate.
Bon Chrétien should be gathered gradually before it is ripe, and laid on the shelves. It is said that you must sit up all night to eat it just at the right time.
D. du Comice is regarded as the best all round Dessert pear grown. Marie Louise is tender and unreliable. Thompson's, some think, the best for flavour. It is smaller, and bears best on the Pear Stock.
Marie Benoist is recommended in many lists as a good late pear, but my experience has not been favourable. It is late and large when it bears.
General Todleben is large and handsome, but usually only fit for cooking (October and November).
Princess (new) is a late Louise Bonne, large and good; the tree bears well.
Beurré or Doyenné Sterkmans is a medium-sized, late pear (December, January, February), flushed bright red on one side; "second rate," Barron.
Beurré de Jonghe is a good Christmas Pear, but a slow grower, and needs a wall or orchard house.
Beurré Bachelier is large, handsome, a good bearer, but quite second rate (November).
Hacon's Incomparable is large and handsome, but second rate (November).