Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



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The Beurre Ranee [fig. 13) has been described by Dr. Van 

 Mons, and other pomological writers, as the best of the late 

 winter pears ; but though well known in our collections, and 



Fig. 13. Beurri Ranee. 



cultivated for upwards of twenty-five years, we do not our- 

 selves recollect of ever having tasted, or even seen a specimen 

 of this fruit, raised in American gardens, which could lay 



