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known in England ; tho bunches are large, berries oval, clear 

 yellow, about as big as a medium sized Muscat : Black Barba- 

 rossa, or more correctly Gros Gnillaume, but badly coloured ; 

 Lady Downe's well coloured ; Muscat Escbolata suporba, or 

 more correctly Canon Hall Muscat ; Buckland Sweetwater, 

 very clear amber, well ripened. Duchess of Buccleuch did not 

 tell well. He had also one Cayenne Pino Apple, which was quite 

 green ; it was the only one exhibited in the hall by the culti- 

 vator, which does not say much for Pine-growing in France ; 

 3 large Cantaloup Melons ; .'> or (! dishes of Pears, which were 

 very fine, consisting of Beurrc Did, Duchesse d'Angnulcme, 

 Easter Bouriij under the name of Doyenn^ d'Hiver, Flemish 

 Beauty under the name of Fondante du Bois, Colmar d'Arem- 

 berg very tine ; of Apples, very good examples of Calville 

 Blanche, Reinette du Canada, Reinette de Caux, very hand- 

 some, and Api Noir. 



M. Adolphe Berton, PropritHsire, Scenux, exhibits about 

 70 dishes of Pears and 12 of Apples, and a small basket of 

 Grapes, which consisted of small bunches of Frankenthal well 

 coloured, and Chasselas de Fontainebleau. Amongst the Pears 

 there were very good examples of Colmar d'Aremberg ; Beurre 

 d'Aprfimont, which is the same as our Benrrfi Bosc ; Belle de 

 Bruxelles, hand.some, but of no merit ; Bon Chretien d'Etf-, 

 very fine ; Murtin Sec. like a large Seckle ; Fondante de Noi-I, 

 same as Belle Apres NdoI ; Doyennfi Boussoch, much russeted ; 

 Flemish Beauty, under the name of Fondante du Bois ; Beurrfe 

 Clairgeau, very large and ban Isome ; Vicar of Winkfield, under 

 the name of Cure ; Bon Chretien d'Espagne, large but coarse ; 

 Duchesse d'Aogouleme, very large and fine ; Beurr(5 Diel, under 

 the name of Beurre Magnifique; Beurre SieuUe; Doyennii du 

 Cornice, very highly coloured ; Williams's Bon Chretien, under 

 the simple name of Williams, it was not nearly so good as 

 in England ; likewise the Pears rii r/roupe, in clusters as they 

 have been grown on the tree, showing how wonderfully well 

 the Pears succeed in this country. Of Apples the Reinette du 

 Canada was the largest. Belle Fille and Api Gros were also 

 very good. 



MM. Croux et fils, Horticulteurs ;"i Sceaux, Seine, exhibit a 

 very large collection of Apples and Pears, filling two entire 

 tables. Of Pears there were upwards of S50 dishes, and of 

 Apples 100. Of Pears there were very good examples of Jose- 

 phine de Malines ; Passe Colmar ; BeurrC Gris ; Beurre d'Al- 

 bret, russety, very handsome ; DoyennC d'Automne, very large 

 and fine ; Doyenn^ de Sterckmans, very handsome ; Des Deux 

 Sceurs ; Triomphe de Jodoigne, very large ; Beurre de Bance, 

 under the name of Bon Chretien de Ranee ; DoyennC; du Cornice, 

 very highly coloured ; Napoleon, under the name of Bon Chretien 

 Napoleon ; Caillot Rosat ; Beurre d'Anjou, very fine ; Bon 

 Chretien d'Espagne was here highly coloured ; Keens' Seed- 

 ling (?) very handsome ; Poire du Congres, very large and hand- 

 some, russeted ; Flemish Beauty, under the name of Fondante 

 du Bois ; Glou Mor(,eau under the name of BeurrC d'Aremberg, 

 which is the name it is generally known by in France ; Beurrft 

 Bachelier, very large and fine ; Grosse Calebasse, under the 

 name of Calebasse Monstre ; Beurre Diel, called Beurre Mag- 

 nifique ; Beurre Clairgeau, very large and handsome ; Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, large ; Uvedale's St. Germain, called Belle Ange- 

 vine ; Williams's Bon Chretieu, very good ; Bon Chretien 

 d'Auch, large and very handsome ; Calebasse Tougard, same as 

 Grosse Calebasse; Beurre I'iel. true; Conseiiler de la Cour; 

 Bergamotte Cadette was wrongly named in one instance, in 

 another rightly so ; Seckel, smaller than in England ; St. 

 Miche!-.\rchange — under this name three distinct Pears were 

 exhibited ; Beurre Superfin, medium sized, russety, and hand- 

 some; Catillac was exhibited under the name of Gilogil, which 

 is very distinct ; Van Mons Leon le C'lerc, large and fine ; 

 General Todtleben, medium sized, clear skin with rosy cheeks ; 

 King Edward was wrongly named. Of Apples, Reinette du 

 Canada was a-i usual very fine ; Belle Josephine, very good ; 

 Eeinetto do Caux, very handsome, regular iu outline, and 

 highly coloured; Museau de Lievre, pearmain-shaped, large, 

 and very handsome ; the (Iravenstein was not true, the one 

 exhibited resembling a Ribston Pippin ; a largo white Apple 

 was exhibited wrongly as Boston Russet, as also a small white 

 variety wrongly as Alfriston ; Dutch Mignonne, very fine; 

 Hoary Morning was exhibited under the name of Louise Van 

 Mons ; Mervillion d'Espagne, very handsome, resembling our 

 Blenheim Pippin ; Calville de St. Sauveur, very large and 

 handsome ; Paulino de Vigny resembled the Emperor Alexan- 

 der ; Giand-.Mexnndre was Emperor Alexander, very hand- 

 some ; Reine des Eeinetles is our King of the Pippins ; Reinette 

 Noire is a very distinct sort, dark green, russeted ; President 



Napoleon and Imp^ratrice Eugenie, two new Apples, are both 

 very handsome varieties. Three varieties of Malus baccifera ar» 

 likewise exhibited — the Petit rouge, Gros fruits blancs, and Gros 

 fruits roses ; also, three varieties of Plums, consisting of Mira- 

 belle tardive, Coe's Golden Drop, and Reine Claude de Bavay. 



The Socieic d'Horticnlture de Lyon exhibit about 4.")0 dishes 

 of fruit, upwards of 300 being Pears, 100 Apples, 30 Grapes, 

 and 6 Peaches. Of Pears, t'tie most noteworthy were Ber- 

 gamotte Esperen, large and fine ; Bergamotte de Parthenay, 

 very good ; Beurrfe Bosc, under the name of Beurr6 d'AprO- 

 mont ; Beurre Bachelier, very large and fine ; Beurrf Clairgeau ; 

 DoyennC du Comice, very fine ; Duchesse d'Angouleme, large ; 

 Fondante du Comice, the same as Doyenne du Comice ; Louise 

 Bonne d'Avranches ; Nouveau Poiteau ; Vicar of Winkfield, 

 called Cur6 ; Madame Tr6yve, medium sized ; Rateau Grig, 

 very large, in shape like a Beurre Diel, thickly russeted ; GiUe 

 Aigulle and Gilogil, exhibited as distinct, were the same, they 

 were large examples of this excellent stewing Pear ; Tuerlinx, 

 enormous size, stewing; Dfilices d'Hardenpont, very large; 

 Calebasse Bosc ; Bergamotte de Nemours, like Bergamotte 

 Esperen ; Madotte, very large ; Bergamotte Artois-enet, largo, 

 yellow, russeted ; St. Lezin, large, stewing; Couleur St. Maro, 

 medium, vei-y handsome ; Van Marum was Grosse Calebasse, 

 very large, 7 to 8 inches long ; Fondante de Charnen. very fine; 

 Triomphe de Jodoigne, extremely large ; Colmar d'Aremberg, 

 very large ; Beurr^ d'Avis resembled Flemish Beauty ; Certeaa 

 d'Automne was the same as our Styrian ; Beurre Superfin, 

 very fine, of medium size; Chaumontel, not so large as those 

 of Jersey; Glou Moreeau, under the name of BeurrC d'Harden- 

 pont, very fine ; Pius IX., clear yellow, large ; Bergamotte 

 d'Hollande, very handsome. The Apples in this exhibition 

 were not very fine. Reinette du Canada, was the largest : Rhode 

 Island Greening, also very good ; Menagere, large clear-skinned; 

 Pauline de Vigny, like the Emperor Alexander ; Calville de St. 

 Sauveur, and Canterbury. Peaches were poor, the best being 

 Bon Ouvrier, a good late variety. The Grapes were all of the 

 small wine-making sorts of no interest. 



Messieurs Jamain et Duraud, Pepiuieristes, a Bourg-la-Reine, 

 exhibit a very interesting and fine collection, about 200 va- 

 rieties of Pears, and 100 of Apples. Amongst the Pears w© 

 were particularly struck with the beauty of Louise Bonne 

 d'Avranches Panachee, our Louise Bonne of Jersey, striped, 

 and very prettily so, with rosy red and yellow. This variety 

 would be a pleasant addition to our fruits in England. Duch- 

 esse d'Angouleme Panachee, was here also exhibited, but the 

 stripes were not so distinct as in the Louise Bonne ; Comte de 

 Flandres was very large and fine ; Thompson's, large and mne}] 

 russeted ; Seckel, very large and fine ; Litta Douillard, and 

 Poire Vilmorin, were also very fine ; Urbaniste was wrongly 

 named ; a large stumpy brown Pear was exhibited wrongly as 

 Bishop's Thumb ; Soldat Labourer, was very large and fine ; 

 Gros Ilousselet, very handsome ; Doyenne d'Ete, and Ne Pins 

 Meuris, both very large and handsome ; Jalousie de Fontenay, 

 much russeted and handsome ; Josephine de Malines was her.) 

 very large; Professeur du Breuil, large, roimded, bright rosy 

 red, extremely handsome; Crasanne d'Hiver, extremely large; 

 Baronne de Mello, very fine ; Poire Gendron, large, much rus- 

 seted, with rosy cheek ; Belle sans Pepins, same as our Belle 

 et Bonne ; Gile-o-gile, as it was spelt, was here again very 

 handsome ; Iioon Leclerc d'Hiver, very large and fine ; Flem- 

 ish Beauty, under the name of Fondante du Bois as usual} 

 very fine; Beurre Bachelier, very fine; Duchesse d'Angouleme, 

 Beurre Clairgeau, Nouveau Poiteau, and Beurre Diel, were all 

 very fine ; Doyenne du Comice, exceedingly handsome, this 

 we observed was in every collection, and is much esteemed; 

 Beurre de Ranee was exhibited as Bon Chretien de Bans, the 

 name which it appears generally to go by in France ; Uvedale's 

 St. Germain, very large, called Belle Angevinc, this is the name 

 of the monster Pears which are exhibited in Covent Garden 

 Market ; Van Jfons Leon le Clerc, and Colmar d'Aremberg, very 

 large and fine ; Grosse Calebasse, called Vau Marum, was very 

 fine; Beurre Superfin, very handsome; Napoleon, large and 

 fine, called Bon Chretien Napoleon ; Glou Morveau, under the 

 name of Beurre' d'Hardenpont, very fine. Amongst the Apples, 

 by far the largest was Belle Dubois, it was immensely so, in- 

 deed it was the largest Apple we have ever seen ; Reinette da 

 Canada, which is the most generally useful Apple in France, 

 was very fine, it takes the same rank in France as the Blen- 

 heim Pippin does in England, a variety, by the way, which we 

 do not recollect observing in the entire Exhibition; Reine des 

 Reinettes was exceedingly handsome, it is very much like oui" 

 Golden Reinette or King of the Pippins ; Belle du Havre, Cal- 



