VAN ASSCHE PEAR. 



put there, we think, at the suggestion of Mr. Hovey or some gentleman from Boston, 

 and we can say from our own experience that it well deserves the position assigned it 

 It is a very large and beautiful fruit, as our plate, which is a very faithful representa- 

 tion, shows. In quality it 

 is '■'■very good''''; perhaps 

 not as high flavored as the 

 Beurre d^Anjou, but quite 

 equal, as far as we have 

 been able to judge, to the 

 Beurre Diet, or Flemish 

 Beauty. The tree is a 

 vigorous, erect grower, 

 and an abundant and 

 early bearer, succeeding 

 well on the quince. We 

 have not yet fruited it on 

 the pear. It is inserted 

 in the catalogue of the 

 transactions as " Van As- 

 sene,^'' but we have fol- 

 lowed the Belgian cata- 

 logues of Van Houtte, 

 Bavay, and others, who 

 ought to be correct, as it 

 is one of Bouvier's varie- 

 ties. Jamin, of Paris, 

 has it " Vunaesse,^'' and Le 

 Roy's catalogue " Van 

 AnslieP Our description, 

 taken with the fruit before 

 us, is as follows : 



Size — large ; three inches in diameter and the same in height. Form — obovato, 

 obtuse, or flattened at both ends, largest near the eye ; slightly ribbed occasionally. 

 Stalk— one and a half inches long, rather slender, and slightly sunk. Calyx — small, 

 in a wide, smooth, and rather shallow basin. Skin — smooth and fair ; light yellow 

 in the shade, sprinkled with dark dots ; light red on the sunny side, sprinkled with 

 carmine dots. Flesh— white, buttery, and melting. Flavor— somewhat of the White 

 Doyenne. Tree — vigorous, erect ; shoots dark. Season — at Rochester, latter end of 

 September and beginning of October. 



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