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ville lilancbe, and Pomnie Suisse, were all very bandsome; 

 KeiuetleTii's Tardive, very laige. muclirusseted; Cux's Oraugti 

 Pilijiin, very fine; Lemon Pipijin, very large, scarcely recog- 

 uisable ; Eeiuette de Caux, aiid Calville de St. Sauveur, were 

 aleo very fiue ; Mcuagire, a large kitcbeir variety: Eeinette du 

 Canada Grise, waa also large aud very bandsome. 



Messieurs Koui'le Cuurbe, Tours, cxbLbit 140 varieties of 

 Peais, and 120 varieties of Apples. Amongst tbe Pears, tbe 

 most remarkable v^ere Mausuette Solitaire, wbich was very 

 large ; Leon le Clere de Liival, very frne ; Esperine, very good ; 

 Dui beif-e d'AngoiiIi>me, Dojenne du Cornice, Beurie Clairgeau, 

 Williams's Bou Cbji'tieu, Colmar d'Arembeig, and Uibauiste 

 weiG very large and fine; Beuriu Six Vfas monstrously large ; 

 Glou Moroeau, called Beuriii d'Hardenpont, Grosse Calebaste, 

 called Calebasse Bojale, and Beune Lose as Beurie d'Apie- 

 mont, were also all excellent examples; De Tungres, very 

 bandsome. russeted ; St. Micbel-.\jchange was bere very fiue ; 

 Ducbesse d'Angoul erne Panacboe, exbibited as Ducbesse Pa- 

 nacboe, was very bandsome ; if it would colour as well in Eng- 

 land it would be a very pleasant acquisition. Amongst tbe 

 Apples. Menagere, a large lutcben variety, was conspicuous ; 

 Belle Dubois and Pieinette du Canada were also veiy line ; Al- 

 fristou, Eedfordsbire l^'mndling, Giand Alexander same as our 

 Emperor Alexander, Wellington, Pomme de Naples, Calville 

 de St. Sauveur, and Calville Blancbe were also very fine. M. 

 Couibe also exhibits G disbes of Peacbes and Nectarines; 

 amoi'gst tbe latter was tbe Pilmastou Orange, under tbe name 

 of Stanwick. 



11. Ltlandais pere, Pepinieriste, Caen, exhibits 125 varieties 

 of l\ars and SO of Apples. Tbere were not many very re- 

 mai liable in tbis collection. Of tbe Pears, Beurie deKance was 

 very bigbly coloured and large ; likewise Doyenne du Cornice. 

 Bon Cbielien d'Hiver, exbibiied as distinct, seems very mucb 

 like Eeurre de Eance. It is somewhat greener, but that may be 

 accounted for by its having been grov\n in the shade ; we have 

 little hesitation in saying they are synonymcs, as exhibited 

 bere. Glou Moiveau, exhibited as Beurrc d'Hardenpont, Doy- 

 enne Sterckmans, Eeurre Claiigeau and Bezi Mai were like- 

 wise fine examples. Among!-t tbe Apples, Eeinette de Caux 

 was very fine ; Pigeonnet Kouge, very pretty ; Menagere ; 

 Dumelow's Seedling, Grand Alexandre, same as Emperor Alex- 

 ander, Eoi des Pepins, our King of the Pippins, and Biborel, 

 a handsome dessert variety, were very good. 



Baron Pbilibert, ;i Meuilmontant, Paris, exhibits 120 varie- 

 ties of Pears, a few Apples and Plums. Amongst the Pears we 

 got the first glimpse of Marie Louise, which we bad looked for, 

 but in vain, having expected to find some fine examples of 

 this our favourite English Pear; those exhibited bere were 

 very poor. Triomphe de Jodoigne was large ; Doyennfi du 

 Comice, exhibited as Beurrc Super fin, was very good ; likewise 

 Louise Bonne d'Avranches, Beurre Gris, Colmar d'Aremberg, 

 Beurie Diel, and Duchesse d'Augouleme. 



La Societe de Melun et Fontainebleau exhibit 100 varieties 

 of Pears, 20 of Apples, 9 of Peaches, 7 of Plums, and some 

 Cbasselas Grapes. Amongst tbe Pears, Beurre de Montgeron 

 was very handsome ; likewise Duchesse Panacbfie — Ducbesse 

 d'Augoulcme, beautifully striped ; Napoluon was hero exhibited 

 with bright rosy red cheeks, a colour which we in England can 

 scarcely believe it would ever attain ; it is exceedingly pretty. 

 Doyenne d'Automne, very largo and fine : Beurre Diel, very 

 large; Beurie Hardy, largo and bandsome; Colmar d'Arem- 

 berg, extremely large; llemish Beauty, called Fondante du 

 Bois, was very bigbly coloured ; Glou Mor<,'eau, as Beurre 

 d'Hardenpont, very fine ; Louise Bonne of Jersey, almost 

 quite red; Bon Chietien d'Hiver and Bm Chretien de Bans 

 were here again indistinguishable from Beurre de Eance, they 

 were very large and fine ; Doyenni; SieuUe, very fine and large. 

 Figue de Naples was exhibited as Beurre Bronze. Beurre 

 Clairgeau, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Cbaumoutel, Pie IX., 

 Triomphe de Jodoigne, and Bergamotle Grasanne were likewise 

 very fine ; Bon Chietien d'Auch, Catillac, and Bon Chietieu 

 d'Espagne, stewing Pears, were all very large. Amongst tbe 

 Apples, Belle Dubois was tbe largest ; Eeinette du Canada, 

 Eeinette d'Angleterre, aud Calville Blanche were also very 

 fine. Of Peacbes, Imporatrice Eugenie was large and beauti- 

 ful; Bon Ouvrier, very fine late Peach; and Chevreuse tar- 

 dive. Tbe Plums consisted of Cos's Golden Drop, named 

 simply Cue's ; Eeine Claude Violette ; JeiTerson, named 

 Washington ; Grosse Mirabello, &c. 



La Sooiete Coulommier, Seine et Mame, exhibit 82 varieties 

 of Pi-'ars, and 20 of Apples, likewise a very large collection of 

 cider Apples and Pears. In this exhibition there were some 



fine fruit, especially Beurre Clairgeau, Louise Bonne d'Avran- 

 ches, Glou Moiveau ; Ducbesse d'Angouleme, very tine ; Loniee 

 de Prusse, yellow, large, but not good; Colmar d'Aremberg, 

 very highly coloured; Buerrd Diel; Doyenne Blanc, very 

 large ; Beurre Gris ; Napoleon, with rosy red checks, ex- 

 tremely bandsome ; Doyenne du Comice, verv' tine; Chaumon- 

 tel, Triomphe de Jodoigne, Beurre de Merod, same as Doy- 

 inue IjoUi-sicb, veiy large; and here again we meet Marie 

 Louise, named Marie Louise Delcourt, poor specimen. Of 

 stewiug Pears, Uvedale's St. Germain, called Eel.'e Angevine, 

 Gilogil, and Bou Chietien d'Espagne, were very good. Amongst 

 the Apples, the largest were Belle Dubois, Eeinette du Canada, 

 Eeinette de Caux. Calville Eouge, and Calville Bluucbe. 



La Sooicle d'Horticulture de Melz, exhibit a very large col- 

 lection of Ptars and Apples. Amongst tbe Pears, Calebasse 

 lio,>ale was very line, tbis was different frcm Grosse Calebasse. 

 as generally exhibited; Beuriu Diel was very large, it was 

 spelt Beurie d'Yel; Eon Chietien d'Hiver was here the same 

 as Bon Chietien d'Auch. there seems to be mucb confusion as to 

 what Bon Cbu-iien d'Hiver reall.y is ; Cerleau d'Automne was 

 here again the same as Styrian ; Glou Morti-eau, very tine, under 

 tbe name of Beurie d'Aremberg; Catillac was wrongly named 

 Beau Present d'Artois; Culotte de Suisse was small, but beau- 

 tifully striped. 



M. F. Mauduit, Pepinieriste, Eouen, exhibits upwards of 

 200 varieties of ipples, they were not large, but very bigbl.Y 

 coloured. The gitaler portion consisted of our best English 

 sorts, mucb improved by the bright sun of tbe south. Our 

 Blenheim Pippin was represented here under tbe name of 

 Pauline de Vigny, in some other collections as Eeinette d'An- 

 gleterre ; Eeinette a Feuilles d'Aucuba, was slightly striped, and 

 very pretty. 



There were several other collections exhibited of Apples and 

 Pears ; but the most of the varieties having been alread.y 

 noticed, we shall not enter into them in detail, with the excep- 

 tion cf that of M. Giogoire-Nrlis, Pomologist, Jodoigne, Bel- 

 gium, who exhibits about 120 varieties of unnamed seedling 

 Pears, and 48 new named varieties. Eespectiug the seedling 

 varieties we can say but little, further than that they are a 

 great many more than are wanted, even if they were all good. 

 Judging by their looks there was nothing attractive amongst 

 them. Of the named varieties the most attractive-looking were 

 Delpiere, large, russeted ; Incroyable de Beaurainy, very laige, 

 resembling Doyenne du Comice ; Docteur Lenthier, greenish 

 yellow ; Souvenir de la Keine des Beiges, medium sized, in shape 

 like Beurre Eosc; Fulvie Gregoire, large, russeted ; President 

 Muller, resembling Marie Louise ; Viccroi d'E^'vpte ; Andre 

 Murray, of medium size, mucb russeted ; Consul Ed. Ladde; 

 Prince Imperial de France ; La Transylvanienne ; T. T. Gel- 

 lian ; and Nouveau Zephirin, flat Bergamot-shaped. 



The celebrated Peach cultivator, M. Lepere, of Montrenil, 

 exhibits 12 dishes of Peaches. Some of them were very fine, 

 but not more so than those of English growth ; however, it is 

 now somewhat late for Peaches in the neighbourhood of Paris. 

 The Chevreuse, Belle Eausse, and Eon Ouvrier were the finest. 

 The Stanwick Nectarine was small and cracked as it does with 

 us ; it was spelt Stanswigbt. 



M. Chevalier, of Montreuil, exhibited a very handsome seed- 

 ling Peach named Belle Imperatrice, in the style of tha Belle- 

 garde, large and handsome. This we Ibink will prove an 

 acquisition ou account of its large size, handsome appearance, 

 and tbe late period at which it ripens. It is excellent in flavour, 

 and the flesh separates freely from tbe stone. 



Mr. Ferdinand Gloede, of Beauvais, exhibited several Straw- 

 berries and Easpberries. Amongst the former is his Perpetual 

 Pine. There were not many fruits sent. It is rather small, 

 conical, deep scarlet, firm-fleshed. Judging by the fruits sent, 

 one would be apt to condemn it, but we must not be too rash. 

 Although not first-rate in itself, it is a break in the right 

 direction, and will form the basis of a gra»d race of perpetual- 

 bearing Strawberries. M. Gloede also exhibits an excellent 

 dish of Belle Eordelaise, a Hautbois Strawberry ; it is in every 

 way excellent, and ought to be much more cultivated than it 

 is. There was also a dish of a variety cf Alpine Strawberry, 

 Guillen sans filets, wbich was very good. These are much 

 cultivated about Paris, and may be met with in every restau- 

 rant. Of the Easpberries, Merveille des Quatre Saisons Janne 

 and Eouge were the best. Calaurissa, an American variety, was 

 also very tine and large. 



M. Ocquidant Nolette, Pepinieriste et Vigneron, Cote d'Or, 

 exhibits about 100 varieties of Grapes for the dessert and wine- 

 making. They were nearly all small sorts ; the largest being 



