404 Descriptions of Three New Pears. 



gray points, and forming a roughness upon the bark : the 

 buds are pointed and scaly. Though rather feeble it is a 

 very fertile variety. 



[In liindley's Guide to the Orchard, a variety is described 

 under the name of Dillen, which was received from Van 

 Mons by the London Horticultural Society in 1817; but in 

 the society's catalogue for 1842, it is made a synonyme of 

 the Beurre Diel ; undoubtedly this is a distinct fruit. — Ed.] 



3. Beurre' Bachelier. 



I am indebted to M. Bachelier, cultivator at Cappellebrouck, 

 near Bourbourg, department du Nord, (France,) for the de- 

 scription and engraving, made by the committee of horticul- 

 ture of the Horticultural and Agricultural Society of Bour- 

 bourg, of this magnificent and excellent fruit. 



Here are the words of the members charged with that 

 labor : — 



" The pear, raised from seeds, in the establishment of M. 

 Bachelier, is a magnificent fruit, which justifies all the in- 

 terest attached to it by the society. Wishing the appreciation 

 of the committee of horticulture, they now can state its 

 weight and the various dimensions, and note its principal 

 characteristics. 



The fruit weighs from six hundred and thirty to six hundred 

 and fifty grammes, (twenty ounces,) and measures in height 

 twelve centimetres, and in its greatest diameter, eleven cen- 

 timetres : in form it somewhat resembles the Duchess of 

 Angouleme, or Bon Chretien : the stem is stout, short, and 

 planted in a deep cavity : the skin is smooth, of a clear green, 

 becoming yellow towards the middle of December, which is 

 the indication of maturity : at that period the flesh is firm, 

 succulent and buttery : the juice is sugary, not gritty, without 

 any disagreeable after-taste. It is necessary, however, in 

 eating, to take off a good thickness of the skin. 



This magnificent fruit is grown on an espalier, facing the 

 west, and grafted upon the Beurre Austrasie or Jaminette. 

 It has borne in two years nine fruits, similar in form and 

 weight, except one, which was pyriform and heavier. Be- 



