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high; ripens in November and December; a 

 good bearer, particularly upon the quince, and is 

 a desirable variety. This sort occasionally 

 cracks. 



Hunt's Connecticut. This early winter fruit, 

 introduced by Dr. Hunt, of Northampton, is a 

 profitable variety for cultivation. The tree bears 

 early and abundantly; fruit of medium size, 

 rather oblong, and an excellent cooking pear late 

 in the fall. 



Reine des Poires (Queen of Pears). This is 

 a large pear ; the form obtusely pyramidal ; the 

 skin a dull yellow, mixed with red, and red on 

 the side exposed to the sun ; the flesh crisp, pleas- 

 ant and good, but not high flavored ; it bears 

 young, and is very productive. Ripe in October. 

 The tree has a great resemblance to that of the 

 Eastern Beurre. M. 



[Wm. R. Prince says, that this pear is " worthy of cul- 

 ture : " we have not as yet fruited it.] 



Beurre JRomaine? This tree was received 

 from Prince's Nursery, at Flushing, L. I., some 

 years since, under the above name. ' It bears 

 young and constantly. The fruit resembles some- 

 what in form, as well as in its time of ripening, 

 the " Urbaniste," which name was affixed to 

 specimens sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. It is, however, a distinct variety, and 

 resembles the " Bezi Montigny " more than any 

 sort we have as yet seen, differing only in the 

 deeper cavity around the stem. This fruit ripens 

 in September and October. A fine melting pear. 



[It is in our soil a great and constant bearer ; fruit fair, 

 and quite equal in flavor to the " Urbaniste."J 



