. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 164. REPORT ON THE No. 24 A^ICAE {Vicar of Winkjield of Hogg ; Cure of Leroy.) A French pear considerably grown in Ontario as a winter pear, but it does not reach its best perfection in our climate and does not deserve a place in oar orchards. Origin : found wild near Clion, France, by M. Leroy, curate of Villiers-en-Brenne, in the year 1760 ; distributed in France under sixteen different names ; introduced into England by the Rev. W. L. Eham, vicar of Winkfield, in Berkshire, hence its English name. Tree ; vigorous, but somewhat susceptible to blight ;
. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 164. REPORT ON THE No. 24 A^ICAE {Vicar of Winkjield of Hogg ; Cure of Leroy.) A French pear considerably grown in Ontario as a winter pear, but it does not reach its best perfection in our climate and does not deserve a place in oar orchards. Origin : found wild near Clion, France, by M. Leroy, curate of Villiers-en-Brenne, in the year 1760 ; distributed in France under sixteen different names ; introduced into England by the Rev. W. L. Eham, vicar of Winkfield, in Berkshire, hence its English name. Tree ; vigorous, but somewhat susceptible to blight ; very productive. Fruit ; large ; form long pyriform, one-sided ; skin green, seldom tinged with brown on the sunny side, and marked witli small brown dots ; stem usually one and a half inches long, fleshy at base, and inserted obliquely without a cavity ; calyx open, in a shallow basin. ; greenish white ; texture firm, not very juicy as grown well ripened. Quality : dessert very poor ; cooking fair. Value ; home and foreign market second class. : early winter. with large segments, set in Ontario ; flavor fair, if WILDER. A valuable early market pear, being beautiful in appearance, of fair size and very good 111 , piobabl\ theliest of its season, but inclined to rot at the core if left hangingon the 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 Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : printed by L. K. Cameron
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