GUIDE TO GROWERS.

Western Star, Issue 1300, 27 March 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

GUIDE TO GROWERS.

Fruitto Export and How to Export Them; Pears. Jft'oiii the Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. * PART V. Gansell's Bergamot.— Fruit, medium sized, roundish obovate, flattened ab the apex; colour greenish-yellow on the shaded side, and reddißh-brown on the sunny side, the whole thickly strewed with russety dots; eye, small and open ; stem, short, stout, and inserted in a round-shallow cavity. A deßsert pear of the first quality, ripe during February and 1 March. Tree, a stroug grower and good bearer when kept free from scab. A very popular market variety, does well in the cold districts.

Beurre Bosc— Fruit, large, long pryiform; colour, a cinnamon-coloured russet; eye, open ; stalk, inserted without depression. A first-class dessert pear, ripe during February and March. Tree, a strong grower, and usually a good bearer ; does well in most parts of the colony where it is grown. A favourite market variety.

Beurre Hardy. ~-Fruifc, large, oblong, obovate; colour, yellowish-green with brown russet round oye and stem, and the whole thickly covered with russet dots ; eye, large, wide open ; stem, stout and fleshy at the base, inserted without depression. A dessert pear of the first quality, ripe during March and April. Tree, a strong grower and good bearer, a variety little known in the colony, but one likely to prove of especial value, should do in any district suitable to the growth of pears. Beurrh Capiaumont—Fruit, medium size, short pyriform ; colour, pale-yellow ,jn shade, but brownish-red in sun, the whole fruit more or less covered with cinnamon russet and grey specks ; eye, large, and wide open ; stem, flush at base and inserted without depression. A first-class dessert pear, a popular Cumberland pear, but does well in the colder districts. This variety is often less subject to black spot than most kinds of peara. Beurre d' Anjou.— Fruit, large, roundish obovate ; colour, greenish-yellow with patches of russet, and a large number of brownish or red dots. • A very good dessert pear, ripe frcm April to July, should prove one of the best to export. .Tree, a good grower and bearer, and should do well in the cold districts. Winter Nelis.~-Fcait, medium size, roundish obovate, tapering quickly to the stalk ; colour, dull green, becoming yel-lowish-green, with more or less brown russet patches and dots ; eye, open; stalk, long, carved, set in a narrow cavity. A first-class dessert pear, in season from April till July; a great favourite on the local market; should be one of the best for export. Tree, a straggling, untidy grower, but good bearer when planted with other varieties and kept free from scab, to which disease it is very subject. Apt to be a shy beare» when planted alone. Grows well on the coast, but does much better In the colder districts. In the Armidale district it is a heavy bearer.

Josdphinc de Malines.- Fruit, medium size; roundish obovate; colour, yellow with faint tinge of red on the side next the sun, and numerous large russet spots; eye, open; stem, stout, inserted in a narrow cavity. A first-class dessert pear, ripe during May and June. A variety seldom grown in this colony, but one likely to do well and to prove good for exporting. Tree, a straggling grower, but usually a fair bearer. Madame Cole.— Fruit, medium size, obtuse pyriforra ; colour, yellow, almost covered with brown russet; a dessert pear of the highest excellence, raised by Messrs. Cole, of the Richmond Nurse»y, Melbourne. A pear practically unknown in this colony, but one likely to be of the greatest value in the colder districts; in season from April to July.