New Varieties of Pears. 209 



ing seen the parent trees in full bearing this present antumn. 

 The first in my note-book is — 



Belle apres Noel, or Belle de Noel (Esperen.) — This is a 

 full-sized pear, about the size of the Brown Beurre ; melting 

 and high-flavored; ripening, according to circumstances of 

 soil and season, from December to the end of January ; tree 

 very hardy, and a good bearer. 



Bergamotte df Esperen. — A pear of medium size, inclining 

 to the shape of the Bergamot pear ; melting, high-flavored, 

 and in perfection from March to the end of April ; tree robust, 

 hardy, and a good bearer. 



Beurre. Bretonneau (Esperen.) — A new sort, not in my Cat- 

 alogue ; fruit, oval, full-sized, melting, and high-flavored ; 

 color green, spotted with brown ; in perfection from January 

 to March ; tree, robust, hardy, and a great bearer. 



Bezi(V Esperen. — Fruit, full-sized, slightly turbinated, melt- 

 ing, and of good flavor ; in season from December to the end 

 of January ; tree of not very vigorous growth, but a good 

 bearer. 



Elise d'Heyst (Esperen.) — Fruit, of medium size, melting, 

 and high-flavored ; in season from March to the end of April, 

 and even till the middle of May, if kept in a cool fruit room. 

 This pear requires a warm and generous soil ; in cold soils, it 

 is often not first-rate. 



Fondante de Malines (Esperen.) — Fruit of medium size, 

 melting, and good; season, from January to February; tree 

 very fertile and vigorous. 



Josephine de Maliries (Esperen.) — This is, I believe, a 

 seedling from the Passe Colmar, which it much resembles in 

 habit ; fruit rather smaller than those of Passe Colmar ; green 

 or greenish-yellow when ripe, melting, and excellent ; season, 

 from March to May. Like all very late pears, this requires 

 a warm and rather light soil when on the pear stock ; it seems 

 to do well on the quince, and will doubtless ripen in cold soils, 

 and situations unfavorable to it on the pear stock. The pa- 

 rent tree of this variety, when I saw it, formed a beautiful 

 pyramid, 12 feet high, and covered with fruit. 



Napoleon d'Hiver (Esperen.) — Fruit large, turbinated, melt- 

 ing ; season, January to February ; tree very robust, hardy, 

 and a great bearer. The parent tree of this variety, appa- 

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