Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



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have been pronounced, under an unknown name, to be 

 the Urbaniste, one of the best of our autumn pears. 

 When well grown and fully matured, it has much of the 

 appearance of the Urbaniste : like that pear, it is of regular 

 form, with a smooth, yellowish-green skin, and it also pos- 

 sesses the same melting and refreshing juice : but, while it 



Fig. 20. Bezi dc Montigny. 



is wanting in the sugary character of the Urbaniste, it nearly 

 makes up for it in its pleasant musky aroma. We consider 

 it fully equal to the Bezi de la Motte, which we recently de- 

 scribed, (XIII. p. 343,) and which some pomologists esteem 

 a most desirable pear. 



It is a free and vigorous grower, bearing regularly and 



