The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 282
we possess are, the Jersey Louise bonne and theSeckle. For standard trees, in the north of England, I considerthe Louise bonne (of Jersey) decidedly preferable to the Marie-Louise, being fully its equal in flavour, beauty, and size, and amuch better bearer. In making a selection of standard pears,… … succeed under similar disadvantageous circumstances. A goodpear, however, is such an important auxiliary to the dessert, thata portion of walling should, if possible, be devoted to the finerkinds, particularly to that prince of pears, the Chaumontel, thedelicious glout morceau and Easter beurre,…