PEAKS. 79 



Marie Louise. This is also one of the new 

 Flemish pears ; the size is large, the form long, 

 tapering from the middle to the eye and stem ; 

 the skin is a dusky yellow, sometimes with a 

 large portion of cinnamon russet ; the flesh white, 

 melting, juicy, and very delicious ; the tree grows 

 crooked, and the leaves are small and generally 

 hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ; it is equal to 

 any other pear of the season, European or Amer- 

 ican. Ripe in October and November. M. 



[The above variety requires to be grown in a strong 

 and rich soil. With us the fruit varies in size exceed- 

 ingly.] 



Newtown Virgalieu. We should judge by 

 the name that this pear originated on Long Is- 

 land ; it is of large size, round at the blossom 

 end, tapering to a point at the stem, which is 

 short ; the skin of a pale yellow, seldom with a 

 tinge of red ; the flesh is sweet, rather dry, not 

 highly prized as a table fruit, but excellent for 

 baking. It ripens in the early winter months, 

 and its productiveness renders it desirable in an 

 orchard. The tree is crooked and strong in its 

 growth, forming a large spreading head like that 

 of an apple tree. M. 



Lewis. This pear originated on the farm of 

 Mr. John Lewis, Roxbury, Mass. The size is 

 small, the form round, a little oblong ; the skin, 

 when ripe, a greenish yellow; the flesh white, 

 melting, juicy, and good. The tree is of the 

 most rapid growth ; a great and constant bearer. 

 The fruit ripens from November to February. M. 



[The London Horticultural Society pronounced this 

 fruit first-rate. It is a fine pear, an abundant bearer, par- 

 ticularly when grown upon large, well-established trees.} 



