202 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



93. Beurre' d'Anjou, New American Orchardist. 



Mr, Kenrick first introduced this excellent pear to the notice 

 of American cultivators : it was one of several new kinds 

 which he obtained in Europe, and which were described, for 

 the first time, in his excellent work. The London Horticul- 

 tural Society's Catalogue places the Beurre d'Anjou as synon- 

 ymous with the Brown Beurre : either the true variety could 

 never have existed in the Society's collection, or a great error 



Fig. 22. Beurri. d^Anjou. 



must have been committed ; for the two pears are too distinct 

 in their character to have been considered identical. This 

 only shows that, even with all the facilities afforded b^r the 

 Society's collection, errors have occurred, and, in making the 

 Catalogue our authority in nomenclature, it does not follow 

 that positive errors should be continued. 



The d'Anjou {fig. 22,) is a fruit of much excellence. It comes 

 in at a good season, among the late fall pears, and is in eating for 



