402 Descriptions of Three New Pears. 



sweet, and slightly perfumed. Ripens from October to De- 

 cember, and proves of the first quality at Angers. 



The tree is very vigorous, and forms a superb pyramid, per- 

 fectly well proportioned: the branches are straight, erect, com- 

 pact, shorter than the stem : the joints are very long : the buds 

 are small, diverging, and somewhat scaly : the wood is yellow- 



Fig. 27. De Sorlus Pear. 



ish, and dotted with small grayish-white points : the leaves are 

 large and downy ; they are long and somewhat dentated : 

 petioles, long and slender. The tree is an abundant bearer. 



2. DOTEN DiLLEN. 



This pear (Jig. 28^ was obtained by Van Mons, and is 

 described by M. Bivort ; but the figure which he has given 

 is much larger than ours. It fruited last year, for the first 

 time, in the nurseries of M. Leroy. 



