30 CHOICE OP FRUIT TREES IN THE NURSERY. 



which are really distinct varieties, and which are most worthy 

 of cultivation, are correspondingly great. 



To exemplify : Suppose from a catalogue of Pears the fol- 

 lowing names should be selected by a person wishing to plant 

 as many varieties in his orchard, namely, BROWN BEURRE, 

 Beurre Gris, Beurre Rouge, Buerre Dore, Buerre d' Jlnjou, 

 Buerre eP Or, Buerre d' Jlmbleuse, Buerre d* Amboise, Poire 

 </' Amboise, Isambert, Red Beurre, Golden Beurre, Beurre du 

 Roi. WHITE DOYENNE, Doyenne Blanc, Doyenne, Beurre 

 Blanc, Bonne-ante, Saint Michael, Carlisle, Citron de Septcm- 

 bre, Kaiserbirne, Poire a court queue, Poire de Limon, Valen- 

 cia, Poire de Jfeige, Poire de Seigneur, Poire Monsieur, White 

 Beurre. Here is a list of twenty-nine kinds, as the pur- 

 chaser supposes, but when the trees produce their fruit, he 

 finds, to his great disappointment and mortification, that he 

 has only two varieties, namely, the Brown Beurre and the 

 White Doyenne. 



In making out the descriptive lists, I have generally 

 adopted the names given in the catalogues of the most cele- 

 brated nurserymen, as a heading; and have caused the 

 synonymes, or names by which the same variety is known, 

 or has been called, to be printed in italics ; thus, my lists of 

 about four hundred varieties of the various species of fruit, 

 will embrace what has been deemed by some as different 

 varieties, perhaps to the number of nearly two thousand. 



In preparing the following articles, the object has been 

 to furnish information which would entertain, as well as 

 instruct the reader. Besides the authorities quoted, I have 

 gleaned from those inexhaustible tieasures to horticulturists, 

 London's Encyclopaedia of Plants, and that of Gardening; 

 but on account of the brevity necessarily observed through- 

 out this work, it has been found impracticable to give many 

 entire extracts ; suffice it to say, that the historical facts are 

 generally collected from these sources. 



