62 Descripliotts of Select Varieties of Pears. 



88. Beurre' Duval. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



Mr. Manning has already given our readers some account 

 of the Beurre Duval, {fig. 8,) in a previous volume of the 

 Magazine, (VI. p. 89,) where he states it "to be very excellent 

 and productive." Our opinion is, that it very nearly, if not 

 quite, equals the Andrews, to which we compare it, not only 

 on account of its good quality, but because it very much re- 

 sembles it in form and color, as well as in the peculiar flavor 



Fig. 8. Beurrd Duval. 



of that fine pear. It is of large size, not, however, of the first 

 class, and of regular form, and the trees are vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Mr. Manning, we believe, was the first to fruit this variety 

 here. We find the name of Duval among the lot of scions 

 received from Van Mons in 1836, and we presume that this was 

 the period when he obtained it : he opened a correspondence 



