FOREIGN PEAK3. 



Skin — greenish-yellow at maturity, sprinkled with green dots. Stalk — long, an inch 

 or more, set in a narrow depression. Calyx — open, large, in a smooth shallow basin. 

 Flesh — white, very juicy, melting, sweet, refreshing, and pleasant. Should be gath- 

 ered early, and ripened in the house. It ripens with us from the last of August to the 

 middle of September, immediately preceding the Bartlett. 



Taking into account the extraordinary vigor, beauty, and productiveness of the tree, 

 and the good quality of the fruit, we must regard this as a very valuable acquisition. 



The Beurre de Koning. — We received scions of this variety some five or six years 

 ago, from M. Bavay, of Vilvorde, Belgium, who recom ended it as one of the most 

 promising new varieties. We 

 believe it was originated by 

 Van Mons. It has fruited 

 with us three years, and has 

 been invariably very good. It 

 resembles the White Doyenne 

 in appearance, texture, and 

 flavor. The tree is a vigorous 

 grower both on Pear and 

 Quince stocks, and bears 

 young and abundantly. We 

 consider it as likely to prove 

 a valuable variety. 



Fruit — medium to large 

 size, roundish, flattened at the 

 crown. Stalk — about three- 

 fourths of an inch long, insert- 

 ed obliquely in a slight depres- 

 sion. Calyx — pretty large, 

 open, and set in a narrow, deep basin. Skin — yellow, frequently tinged with red on 

 the sunny side, sprinkled with russet dots quite thickly about the calyx and stalk. 

 Flesh — fine, melting, buttery, sweet, with a rich and pleasant flavor. Season — Oct. 



BEUnRE DE KOMNG PEAR. 



