In the Garden It is always rather puzzling that pears
are▪ not more grown in En land. In France there has always been a much finer appreciation their aristocratic virtues. There are few rites in gastronomy that s pass the pear-eating ritual: the careful, delicate peeling, the scoop the core, the buttery slice, the juice running down the chin. should they be eaten in solitary somnolence, as very old country used to eat them—scooped out, slowly and sleepily, with a bone spoon Most failures in growing pears could probably be traced to wre planting. Nearly all pears are self-sterile, and to plant Doyenne 1 Cornice in solitary confinement is simply to ask for barren Pears do very well as cordons, and I have consequently asked Mailing Research Station if they could give a list of the best do compatible varieties for planting as cordons and for use as d Their list is: Laxton's Superb (August), Williams' Bon Chico Triomphe de Vienne and Buerre Superfin (September); Thomp Buerre Hardy, Conference and Louise Bonne of Jersey (October Doyenne du Cornice (November); Glou Morceau and Winter 14 (December); Josephine de Malines (January onwards). To this should only add Marie Louise—glorious in flavour, and perhaps more glorious in fragrance, with its scent of an old perpetual rose. H. E. Bares.
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