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— white, melting, very juicy, and perfumed. Ripens in September. One of the most 

 handsome and delicious of the now Tears. It was raised by Francois Maisonneuvk, 

 a hortic-iiltiirist at Nantes. 



" Ikitrre Dvlfossc. — Tree — vigorous, suitable for a pyramid or standard. Fruit — 

 middle-sized, roundish. Skin — yellowish-brown, slightly tinged with red next the 

 sun. Flesh — white, fine, buttery, and melting; very juicy and sugary, with a deli- 

 cious, perfumed flavor, somewhat resembling that of the Passe Colinar. Becomes fit 

 for use in Belgium in December and January. Raised by M. Gregoire, of Jodoigne, 

 Belgium. 



'■'■ Bcrgamotte Ilamhourg. — Tree — vigorous, forms a handsome pyramid, and is also 

 adapted for a standard ; an abundant bearer. Fruit — large, Bergamot-shaped, from 

 three to three and a half inches in diameter. Skin — rough, green, changing to citron 

 yellow when ripe, dotted with brown, and tinged with red next the sun. Flesh — 

 white, very fine, somewhat butterj', juice abundant, sugary, perfumed like the Kous- 

 selets and Bergamots. An excellent fruit, ripening, in Belgium, in the first fortnight 

 of October. Raised by M. Bivort. 



'■'■ Due (T Orleans. — The original tree has a magnificent pyramidal form. Fruit — 

 middle-sized, or tolerably large, obtuse-pyramidal, of a fine golden yellow, profusely 

 sprinkled with reddish-brown and dark specks. Stalk — slender, woody, and about 

 an inch and a quarter in length. Flesh — white, fine, melting, very juicy and sugary, 

 with a vinous perfumed flavor. Season — November and December. Raised by M. 

 Alexandre Bivort, and bore, for the first time, in 184Y. 



" Beurre Six. — Tree — vigorous and fertile, but requires to be worked on the Pear 

 stock and grown against a wall. It is not adapted for pyramidal training. Fruit — 

 large, pyriform. Skin — smooth, light green, dotted with deep green and brown. 

 Flesh — white, very fine, melting, buttery, and sugary, with a delicious perfume flavor. 

 Its season of maturity is November and December, in Belgium. Raised by M. Six, 

 nurseryman at Courtray. 



"Duchesse de Berry.* — This is naturally classed among the Doyennes. In some 

 catalogues it is confounded with the Doyenne cfEte, from which, however, it is very 

 different. Tree — vigorous and very productive. Fruit — middle-sized, somewhat 

 lai'ger than the Doyenne (TEte, or Doyenne de Juillet. Skin — smooth, pale green, 

 dotted with brown. Stalk — short and thick. Flesh — white, crisp, juicy, and sugary. 

 Ripens, at Nantes, between the 15th of August and the loth of September. This 

 variety was discovered by M. Bruneau, nurseryman, at Nantes. Among a number 

 of seedling trees at a place called the Barriere de Fer, commune de Saint-IIerblain, he 

 observed two trees, the fruits of which appeared to possess merit ; to one of them he 

 gave the name of Duchesse de Berry, and to the other that of Saint Herhlain d'Hiver, 

 and introduced them into his nursery in 1827. 



" Saint Ilerhlain d'Hiver. — The tree does not succeed well on the Quince stock, 

 but on the Pear stock it is tolerably vigorous, and is suitable for standards or pyra- 



* This should be called DucJiesse de Berry d'Ete, to distinguish it from another Tear lately sold under the name ^ 

 ()( Duchesse rf« Berry, and which has proved to J)e the Uvedale St. Germain. A-i. 



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