Beurré Mortillet (new) (D. G., _i.e._ Double Grafted) is a large and handsome September pear; gather before it is ripe. Conference (Rivers), comparatively new, is large, handsome, and a good bearer, but not first rate (November). Fondante de Thirriott, or Thiriot (new), grows and bears freely, fruit large and good. "First quality," Barron (November and December). Madame Treyve is a good September pear, red and yellow, in chalky soil. It bears freely, but is not first rate. Bon Chrétien should be gathered gradually before it is ripe, and laid on the shelves. It is said that you must sit up all night to eat it just at the right time. D. du Comice is regarded as the best all round Dessert pear grown. Marie Louise is tender and unreliable. Thompson's, some think, the best for flavour. It is smaller, and bears best on the Pear Stock. Marie Benoist is recommended in many lists as a good late pear, but my experience has not been favourable. It is late and large when it bears. General Todleben is large and handsome, but usually only fit for cooking (October and November). Princess (new) is a late Louise Bonne, large and good; the tree bears well. Beurré or Doyenné Sterkmans is a medium-sized, late pear (December, January, February), flushed bright red on one side; "second rate," Barron. Beurré de Jonghe is a good Christmas Pear, but a slow grower, and needs a wall or orchard house. Beurré Bachelier is large, handsome, a good bearer, but quite second rate (November). Hacon's Incomparable is large and handsome, but second rate (November). Swan's Egg was a popular pear fifty years ago for market, as the tree is hardy, bears well, and the fruit is good, but rather small (October). Noveau Poiteau is a good exhibition pear, of vigorous growth, and bears well; the fruit is excellent but does not keep well (November). Pitmaston Duchess is an increasingly popular pear for market. It is very large, and on a cordon often handsome; in warm seasons of good quality, golden yellow when ripe. Bush trees on Quince bear well (October, November). Duchesse d'Angoulême was a great favourite formerly, the tree growing and bearing well. Fruit often very large, but coarse and gritty. Crossed with Glou Morceau it has given us a child Pitmaston superior to the parents. Josephine de Malines is pronounced by Mr Barron to be "always good." Hardy, and bears well on Quince (January-April). Fouqueray is a large, good pear, an improved B. Bachelier (October). B. Hardy is a great favourite with birds; they prefer and peck the best fruit. B. Alexandre Lucas is large and handsome; pyriform, the tree is a good grower (October, November). Triomphe de Vienne is a large and handsome September pear tree (D. G.), grows and bears well, comparatively new. Marguerite Marillat, a very large, handsome September pear, bears well: comparatively new.