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rich, and melting. The tree produced fruit the 

 first time, the last season, 1837, and promises to 

 be a first-rate fruit. Ripe in October. M. 



[This sort has proved with us to he a fine, melting, and 

 delicious fruit. The tree makes a handsome growth, 

 shoots and leaves resembling the " Flemish Beauty."] 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. Fruit large, oblong, 

 pear-shape ; skin yellowish green, mixed with 

 brownish red next the sun; the flesh melting, 

 rich, and good. It produced its first fruit the last 

 season, and gives every indication of being a first- 

 rate pear, and good bearer. Ripe in September 

 and October. M. 



[There are various opinions regarding the merit of this 

 pear. It is unquestionably a fine fruit, great bearer, and 

 considered in Europe, as well as by most of our experi- 

 enced growers, worthy of extensive cultivation. There 

 are those who complain of its small fruit, wanting in 

 flavor, or else acid and astringent. We have raised it 

 upon the quince, and found it to bear fine fruit. It is in 

 our estimation, however, inferior in flavor to the Andrews, 

 a native variety which it somewhat resembles in appear- 

 ance, as well as in ripening at the same time.] 



Petre. This tree was presented to me by 

 Mr. Carr, of the Bartram Botanic Garden, near 

 Philadelphia, where the fruit originated. The 

 first specimens were produced the last season, 

 1837. The size is large, the form long, round at 

 the eye, and tapering to an obtuse point at the 

 stem ; the skin is a dull yellow, mixed with green- 

 ish russet ; the flesh melting, juicy, and very de- 

 licious. Ripe in October and November. It is 

 a pear of the very first rank, and should be ex> 

 tensively cultivated. M. 

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