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Surpasse Virgoulouse has not been detected among the num- 

 ber, nor, so far as we can learn, has it been described by any 

 European pomologist. It was first disseminated by the late 

 Andre Parmetier, from his collection at Brooklyn, N. Y,, and 

 produced fruit with Mr. Manning, who first briefly noticed it 

 in our magazine, (Vol. III., p. 49.) He considered it "de- 

 cidedly first-rate." 



Our drawing {fig. 34,) is from a fine specimen, from the 

 collection of the Hon. J. S. Cabot, of Salem. We have also 

 had it from other sources, and we have found it a delicious 



Fig. 34. Surpasse Virgoulouse. 



variety, equalling the old Doyenn^. The trees are vigorous 

 and healthy, producing regular crops, and it may be set down 

 as a fine addition to any collection. Wood, yellowish of up- 

 right growth. 



Size, large, about three inches and a half long, and three 

 and a quarter in diameter : Form, oblong obovate, regular, 

 full at the crown, little contracted in the middle, and obtuse 

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