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this country : nevertheless, as the fruit was tasted in compa- 

 rison with other sorts accompanying them, and of which the 

 qualities are well known to be good in fruit produced here, there 

 is every probability that the estimations which have been made 

 with regard to the following varieties will be borne out by sub- 

 sequent experience. 



D'Areniberg Parfait. Langelier. 



Fruit large, irregularly shaped. Stalk fully an inch in 

 length, rather thick, and at its insertion somewhat fleshy. 

 Eye large, open, with the segments of the calyx projecting. 

 Skin greenish, sprinkled and patched with yellow or brown 

 russet. Flesh coarse, very gritty near the core, inclined 

 to become mealy, sweet, but in the present instance not 

 rich. Season, December, January. It is too gritty to be 

 recommended. 



Belle de Troyes. Langelier. 



Rather small, obovate ; eye open. Skin covered with 

 reddish russet. Flesh coarse, and of very indifferent flavour. 



Bergamotte Esperen. (Esperen.) De Jonghe. 



About the size of the Easter Beurre, and resembles it in 

 colour and texture of the skin, but the stalk is longer. 

 Flesh tolerably smooth and buttery, and doubtless the va- 

 riety will prove highly deserving of cultivation, but owing to 

 a speck from carriage, the flavour could not be properly 

 ascertained. The specimen was tasted in February ; but 

 the variety is stated to be in perfection from January to 

 April. 



Beurre Brunze. Langelier. 



Rather above middle size, obovate, skin smooth, yellowish 

 green, sprinkled with dark brown dots. Flesh white, coarse, 

 with a sweetish bad flavour. Season, December. Not 

 worthy of cultivation. 



Beurre Clairgeau. (Clairgeau, Nantes.) De Jonghe. Fig 1. 

 Grown on a pyramid, on the Pear-stock. 



Fruit large, pyriform. Eye open, in a shallow depression. 

 Skin yellowish, dotted with brown, with a blush of red next 

 the sun. Flesh fine, melting, buttery, and rich. The 



