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DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF PEARS. 



the ripening of this sort, mentioned in the 

 London Catalogue. 



2. Beicrrc Kenrick. — I have now fruited 

 this pear several years, and have had many 

 specimens, some of which were very fine 

 of their kind ; but I do not think it entitled 

 to be recommended for general cultivation. 

 It ripens the first part of September. 



3. Beurre d' Jngleterre. — Very produc- 

 ti\^e, but soon decays at the core. 



4. Beicrri' Aiain. — A new pear, not yet 

 fully proved. It appears to resemble the 

 Bisho-p's Thumb. 



.). Beurre of Bolw'dler. — A variety re- 

 ceived from Dr. Van Mons, which may 

 fairly claim a place in the rejected list. 



6. Beurre Delbecq. — The same remarks 

 as were made on the last will apply to this. 



Beurre Witzhumb proves identical with 

 Beurre Delbecq. 



7. Bergarnotte Parthe7iay. — A winter 

 fruit, lately imported from France ; worth- 

 less as a dessert pear, and though good to 

 cook, but being deficient in size, it is hardly 

 worth cultivation for that purpose, while we 

 have plenty of larger ones. 



8. Afnbrosia does not come up to the re- 

 putation given it in the books. It is not 

 a melting, but a breaking pear, and does 

 not ripen here before the first of Septem- 

 ber. It is commonly said to decay very 

 soon ; but I think it keeps full as long as 

 most pears of its season. Tree of upright 

 growth, making strong shoots, of a very 

 dark, purplish colour, thickly marked with 

 white dots. 



9. Alyha. — To my taste, this is one 

 of the finest pears. It is sweet, and ex- 

 ceedingly fine grained, melting and juicy. 

 The tree is a great bearer ; and although 

 the fruit does not hold on very strongly, 

 those which blow off open so as to be full 

 as good, or even better than the others. 

 And I may here remark, that many of the 



autumn pears are as much improved as the 

 summer fruit, by being taken from the 

 tree before fully ripe. 



10. Aston Town. — A good grower, making 

 smooth, vigorous shoots, of a light gray 

 colour. Fruit rather small, with a long 

 stem, and ripening the first of September, 

 but so much inferior to many others of the 

 same season as to be hardly worth growing* 



11. Beurre Van Mar urn. — Hardly comes 

 up to medium size, but is of very fine fla- 

 vor. It appears to be allied to the Urba- 

 niste. Ripe the first half of October. It is 

 easily known, by the peculiar insertion of 

 the stem in a small regular cavity. Stem 

 long, slender and curved, with a little 

 swelling at the bottom. Bears young and 

 well, so that the shoots are soon thickly 

 covered with fruit spurs. Leaves long- 

 narrow, flat, and pointed at both ends. 



12. Henkel. — Received from Dr. Van 

 MoNS. It resembles the B. Van Marum in 

 its early and abundant bearing, in shape 

 and colour, in the length and curvature of 

 the stem, and in its likeness to the Urba- 

 niste ; but differs in being larger, a month 

 earlier, and the stem being stouter. It 

 ripens the first part of September, and is 

 among the best of its season. 



13. Burgomaster. — The true variety is 

 very distinct from the Vicar of Winkfield. 

 Of medium size, long pyriform ; skin pale, 

 yellowish green, sprinkled with russet; 

 flavor very poor. The wood cankers worse 

 than that of any other variety, without ex- 

 ception. Altogether, one of the most worth- 

 less. 



14. Brandes St. Ger?nam. — I think this 

 must have been among the first originated 

 by Dr. Van Mons ; as it is stated in Prince's 

 Pomological Manual, published in 1831, 

 to have been raised seventeen or eighteen 

 years previously. It was comprised in the 

 first lot of scions received from Van Mons ; 



