New Varieties of Pears. Ill 



also qualities which add greatly to its value. We shall fully 

 describe all these in the course of the present volume. 



The following descriptions of several new varieties which 

 have recently been brought to notice, are copied from the Bon 

 Ja7-difiier, for 1848 : — 



Beurri Bretonneau. — Fruit regularly oval, at first deep 

 green, afterwards becoming yellow and dotted with russet : 

 stem short : flesh melting and sugary. Ripe in March and 

 April. 



Beiirri (T Esperine. — Fruit large, of first rate quality: flesh 

 melting and perfumed. Ripe from February to May. 



Beurre Giffard^ (or Giffart.') — A melting fruit, of the size 

 of the St. Germain. Ripe the end of July. Branches 

 slender; and the tree very suitable for forming a pyr- 

 amid. 



Bon Gustave. — Fruit pyramidal, about seven inches in 

 circumference : skin greenish yellow, with large irregular 

 spots : stem long and slender. 



Calebasse d'Hiver. — Fruit turbinate, of the size of the 

 Brown Beurre : flesh half-melting. Ripe in February and 

 March. The tree is not very productive as a pyramid. 



Cassante de Mars. — Fruit of the size and form of the pre- 

 ceding; flesh crisp. Ripe in March and April. It does not 

 thrive on the quince. 



Catinka. — Fruit roundish or turbinate, of the size of a 

 Catillac : the flesh is melting, but it must be eaten when just 

 in perfection ; for it soon decays. Ripe in November and De- 

 cember. The tree vigorous and productive, and suitable for 

 a pyramid. 



Due de Nemours. — Fruit oval, upwards of two and a half 

 inches in diameter, and nearly four inches in length : stem 

 obliquely inserted ; skin smooth green, sprinkled with gray 

 spots : it acquires a yellowish tinge on approaching maturity. 

 The flesh is white, tender, and melting. 



Passe Tardive. — Fruit of the size of a St. Germain, nearly 

 as broad as long, swelling in the middle ; flesh crisp ; will 

 keep a year. Tree middle-sized. 



Poire F^aurite. — Fruit of the size and form of a small short 

 St. Germain ; skin, yellow, shining, tinged with red next the 

 sun, and marked with numerous small reddish dots; the eye 



