. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 278.^Beun6 Giffard. Fig. 279.âWilliams' J3on Cliretien, Fig. 277.âJargonelle. â Rotherhithe and Deptford ; and I have tasted it, but not so good, on the St. Gothard pass in Switzerland. This pear keeps but a few days, and is succeeded by a modern pear called the Beurr^ Giffard (fig. 278). It is excellent in some years, but is so little in cultivation that I have never seen it in any other' locality than at my garden. The Bearr6 Giffard is' succeeded in September by
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 278.^Beun6 Giffard. Fig. 279.âWilliams' J3on Cliretien, Fig. 277.âJargonelle. â Rotherhithe and Deptford ; and I have tasted it, but not so good, on the St. Gothard pass in Switzerland. This pear keeps but a few days, and is succeeded by a modern pear called the Beurr^ Giffard (fig. 278). It is excellent in some years, but is so little in cultivation that I have never seen it in any other' locality than at my garden. The Bearr6 Giffard is' succeeded in September by that generally well-known and largely cultivated favourite, "Williams' Bon Chretien (fig- 279), a noble fuU^sized pear, which requires to be kept a few days after being gathered, to enable it to attain the perfection of texture and pleasant juicy flavour which renders it so great a favourite. It is a great bearer, and should always be grown. Between the time of the perfec- tion of "Williams' Bon Chretien and Louise Bonne, the Alexandra (fig. 280) proves useful, though it is hardly a pear of the highest excellence. "When Williams' Bon Chretien has away in September, Louise Bonne of Jersey (fig. 281) is gratefully received. This one,. Fig. 280.âAlexandra. Fig. 281 Louise Bonne of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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