PEAKS. 



melting, sweet, sprightly, and agreeable. Season — last of September. Grows well on 

 the Quince. 



Doyenne d'Alencon. — Fruit — medium, obovate. Skin — greenish-yellow, with a 

 rich brown cheek. Flesh — coarse-grained, melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, and very 

 agreeable. A fine Pear. Season — middle October. Grows finely on the Quince. (7) 



De Bavay. — We give you again two cuts of this fruit, diftering very materially in 

 form. You will perceive how much they vary from the outlines given by Col. Wilder. 

 Our trees came from Mr. Lerot. Fruit — small to medium, rather pyriform. Skin 

 — yellow, covered with small, brown dots. Stalk — 1-J- inches long, obliquely inserted. 

 Calyx — open, set in a deep, broad basin. Flesh — ^juicy, melting, sweet, and slightly 

 perfumed ; very good in quality. Season — with us from 8th to 20th October. Grows 

 well as a dwarf. 



Colmar d'Aremherg. — Fruit — large, very juicy, flavor something like Summer Bon- 

 chretien, rather more tart. Grows well on the Quince. 



Beurre Millet. — This cut is from a prematurely plucked specimen, and gave every 

 evidence of a first-rate Pear. Good grower on Quince. 



Du Mas, or Due de Bordeaux. — Fruit — large, pyriform. Skin — yellowish-green, 

 with a reddish-brown cheek. Stalk — one inch, inserted in a shallow cavity. Flesh — 

 buttery, melting, with an abundant, perfumed, refreshing juice. Calyx — very small, 

 placed in a very deep basin. A handsome and desirable Pear. Forms a beautiful 

 pyramid on the Quince. 



Doyenne Rohin. — We send you two cuts, as they vary, somewhat, in form, and dif- 

 fer a little from Col. Wilder's. Our discription gives the length of stem nearly, or 

 quite, two inches, and the flesh as not white, but more approaching a yellowish-white. 

 Very good. Grows finely as a dwarf. 



Triomph de Jodoigne. — Fruit — very large, obtuse pyriform. Skin — yellowish- 

 green, with a reddish-brown cheek. Stalk — one inch, inserted in an obtuse, uneven 

 cavity, and fleshy at its base. Calyx — small, placed in a deep basin. Flesh — yellow- 

 ish-white, buttery, melting, with an abundant, slightly perfumed juice, sub-acid and 

 agreeable. Very desirable on account of its splendid size and appearance, and for its 

 very good qualities. It is a beautiful grower on the Quince. 



[We have thought it unnecessary to give outlines of such varieties as are already 

 well known, or have been recently figured and discribed in this journal. 



(1.) This cannot be called a " malady," but merely a defect. 



(2.) This is a synonym of an old, well-known variety — Bergamotte Cadette. 



(3.) This is a long keeping cooking Pear, with us. Our specimens are yet hard as 

 bricks.* Yours cannot be true. 



Belle Alliance. — We omit discription, as you say you have two varieties under that 

 name. Better wait until the matter is cleared up. 



(4.) There is a variety of opinions in regard to the value of this Pear, among those 

 know it best. 



Tliis article was intended for publication in the May number, and our notes were Written in April. 



