112 Pomological Notices. 



is shallow ; stem of medium length and thickness, fleshy at 

 its jmiction with the fruit; flesh yellowish white, half-melting, 

 and tolerably fine-grained, with a peculiar slight perfume. 

 Keeps nearly a year. 



Reine des Poires. — Fruit of the size of the Passe Colmar, 

 turbinate ; skin reddish ; flesh half-melting. Ripe from No- 

 vember to January. [This is different from the old Reine 

 des Poires.] 



Triomphe de Jodoigne. — A large pyriform fruit, five inches 

 in length, and three and a half in diameter ; eye depressed ; 

 stem short and thick ; skin deep yellow, slightly tinged with 

 green on the shaded side, and deep red in the sun ; flesh melt- 

 ing and perfumed. Ripe in November. The tree is very vig- 

 orous. 



VauqueUn. — Fruit large, oval, jutting out towards the mid- 

 dle, or oblong- turbinate, obtuse at the stalk : flesh slightly 

 coarse, with an abundance of juice, of a rich, subacid, per- 

 fumed flavor. Ripe from November till March. 



Arhre Courbe. — Fruit of the size of the St. Germain; flesh 

 melting. Ripens in October and November. Tree vigorous 

 and fertile ; very irregular in its growth, and requires partic- 

 ular management as a pyramidal tree. 



APPLES. 



In our last two or three volumes, we have noticed quite a 

 number of apples which have been brought to notice ni the 

 West, and most of which have been supposed to be seedlings. 

 A few of them, however, have proved to be old kinds, which 

 had been carried from the East in the early settlement of the 

 country, and others may yet prove synonymous with our 

 well known apples. The Putnam Russet was asserted to be 

 a new western variety, and was so described by some authors. 

 Two years ago, (Vol. XIT. p. 3,) when we stated that it was 

 merely a synonyme of the old Roxbury Russet, our correspond- 

 ent, Mr. Ernst, called upon us to show our authority for do- 

 ing so, (XV. p. 135.) This we did, as we then believed, sat- 

 isfactorily to any reasonable cultivator, and, since then, we 

 are glad to learn that it is admitted, even by those who de- 

 scribed it as the Putnam Russet, to be no other than the Rox- 

 bury Russet. 



