Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 57 



Art. II. Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties 

 of Pears. By the Editor. 



In our last volume, we have described and figured tiventy- 

 fonr varieties of pears, including several remarkably fine 

 ones, and for the first time brought before pomologists. 

 These twenty-four, with those in our previous volumes, make 

 the number, which we have described and figured, upwards 

 of eighty^ besides many others which have been noticed by 

 our correspondents, and of which engravings have been given. 

 We shall continue our descriptions until Ave figure all the fine 

 varieties in cultivation. 



85. Payency. Neiv Duhamel. Pom. Man. Vol. I. p. 98. 

 Poire de Payency, i 



, s 



Payenchi, 



Payenchi, de Perigord, 



Paquency, Fruxls and Fruit Trees of America, p. 404; Horticultu- 

 rist, Vol. I. p. 447. 



r) • J D • J r New Duhamel. 

 roire de rengford 



I > of some French collections. 



The Payency, {fig. 5,) though a pear which has been 

 known for some time among French pomologists, is with us 

 quite a \\e\Y variety, and, we believe, has only fruited in two 

 or three collections. Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, of Roch- 

 ester, have fruited it, and also described it in the Horticul- 

 turist^ above referred to, under the name of Paquency, which 

 is imdoubtedly erroneous, for it answers precisely to the de- 

 scription in the Neic Duhamel, as quoted in Prince's Pomo- 

 logical Manual, and the error is natural enough, being merely 

 the alteration of one letter. Our specimens were received 

 from Col. Wilder, in whose collection it has fruited for three 

 or four years. It is a very fine pear, though not quite com- 

 ing up to the estimate of a first rate one, and merits a place in 

 every good collection. The tree is of vigorous growth, com- 

 ing into bearing early, and very productive, — qualities which 

 go far to make a profitable variety. It grows freely upon the 

 quince. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 inches in diameter : Form, pyramidal, very regular, largest 



