86 Notices of several of the most highly-esteemed 



I have a number of scions of this kind grafted into good, 

 heahhy stocks, for standard trees, seven years since ; but they have 

 not yet produced fruit. The growth of the wood is not strong, and 

 only a few blossom buds appeared last season ; no fruit was matured, 

 but we must remember that the season was unfavorable, as I have 

 before stated. This variety, according to Mr. Thompson of the 

 London Horticultural Society's garden, produces exceedingly well 

 on standard trees, and he remarks that no garden should be with- 

 out it. 



Ripens in October. 



It \vas raised by the Abbe Duquesne, and sent by Dr. Van Mens 

 to the London Horticultural Society in 1816. 



Duchess of Angouleme. Pom. Mag. t. 7G. Hort. Trans. Vol. 

 vii. p. 176. 



This pear, the most superior of all late autumn varieties, has been 

 raised with us on the quince stock. The specimens exhibited at the 

 Horticultural Society's room, were very large in size, and of excellent 

 flavor. S. G. Perkins, Esq. has raised some of the fruit, weighing 

 sixteen ounces each. It is certainly the most splendid pear I ever 

 beheld. It comes into bearing very early from the graft, and is a 

 constant producer. The growth of the tree is remarkably strong and 

 luxuriant. I have grafted several scions on some old standard trees, 

 and the first year's growth was very strong ; the wood resembles the 

 Bartlett. Mr. Thompson, before named, thinks it will not succeed 

 as a standard tree in the climate of England. 



It ripens in November. 



This variety was called by the above name " because it was found 

 in 1S15, when the reigning family of France returned for the second 

 time to the head of government. It was discovered by chance in 

 the hedges of a forest of Armaille, near Amiers, in the department 

 of Maine and Loire. The proprietor of that forest, struck with the 

 size of the fruit and its excellent qualities, removed to his garden all 

 the plants of that variety which his wood contained ; and, at the end 

 of five years, this pear was common in the neigliborhood." (^Bul. 

 ^^r., Juil 1827, p. 113.) 



TiLi.iNGTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 521, and of Mr. Knight's 



present. 



The fruit of this variety, exhibited by the Hon. John Lowell at 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's room, w^as considered by 

 the committee as deserving to be placed among our best autumn pears. 

 Fruit medium size. Flesh melting, full of rich and brisk juice : color 

 of the skin yellowish green, whh streaks of red on the sunny side. 

 The scions on my trees have not yet come into bearing ; the wood 

 has grown rather slow, but the foliage remains on the branches un- 

 til hard frosts. They stand our coldest winters exceedingly w^ell, 



