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THE BEURRE TAN MONS TEAS. 



arc producing from twenty to thirty bushels of fruit, wliich commands in any market 

 at loast two dollars per bushel. 



"When desirable to retard its ripening to a late period, it should be gathered late, 

 and ripened in a cool, dark room. In this way it can be kej>t in fine condition into 

 the month of December, in localities as far or farther north than lloehester. 



THE BEURRE VAN MONS TEAR. 



BY II. W. TERKT, lIAKTFOnD, CONN. 



I SEND joa a description and drawing of the Henrre Van Mons Pear. Perhaps you 

 •will recollect that I exhibited it at the second fruit convention, at Castle Garden ; and 



if I mistake not, I sent you 

 some grafts that season. 

 We have had it in bearing 

 here six years, and esteem 

 it as ranking among the 

 "6es<" Tears. 



Tree — of tolerably rapid 

 growth. Shoots — vigor- 

 ous, upright. Young wood 

 — dusky yellow. Leaves 

 — four or five from one 

 bud, like \Mute Doyenne 

 or Flemish Beauty. Pri- 

 mary leaves — large, ob- 

 long, slightly crenulate ; 

 footstalks about an inch 

 and a half long. Second- 

 ary leaves — narrow, re- 

 curved, folded, tvith short 

 footstalks. Fruit — medi- 

 um to large, varying much 

 in form. Skin — rough, 

 greenish-yellow, and nearly 

 covered with yellow russet. 

 Surface — irregular, some- 

 what knobby. Stalk — an 

 inch and a quarter long, 

 with a fleshy base or lip. 

 BEtRUE TAX MONS PEAR. Calyx — crect, sometimes 



open, often placed on a singular fleshy ring. Basin — shallow, irregular. Flesh — 



