"WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN”
Sir, —One expects official and government departments to be sure of their wording and facts; but on Monday we found them giving good advice on the bottling of pears and extolling the merits of “William Bon Chretien” for the purpose. There are over a dozen Bon Chretien pears listed ‘in Hogg’s fruit manual, mostly of French origin. The popular English variety was raised in Berkshire, in 1770, and sent out first by a Middlesex nurseryman named Williams, hence “Williams Bon Chretien,” to commemorate or distinguish the type. There are several explanations of the Bon Chretien part, the most likely being “good Christian.” The variety got to the U.S.A, in 1739, where it became the Bartlett pear alter a Boston nurseryman of that name.—Yours, etc.. T. D. LENNIE. February 19, 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26970, 20 February 1953, Page 5
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