120 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



brandy and for drying. Last of August. The tree is pro- 

 ductive, (q.) 



AH MON DIEU! My God Pear! (q.) Poire d'Abon- 

 dance. Nouv. Cours Comp. 



Valuable only for its productiveness. (Q..) (*) 

 FIN OR DE SEPTEMBRE. Fine Gold of September. 



Beginning of September, (q.) 

 FONDANTE DE BREST. Inconnue Cheneau. (Q,.) 



6. EPINE D'ETE. Summer Thorn. Green Catharine. 

 Rather small, tapering to the stalk, which, is long ; the 



eye even with the surface ; of a green color, covered with 



dark, russety blotches: the flesh is breaking, of a very 



musky flavor. The tree is very ^productive. Late in 



August, (q.) 



POIRE FIGUE. 



BON CHRETIEN D'ETE. Gracioli, Summer Bon Chretien. 



Of great size and beauty, and only esteemed on this ac- 

 count. The tree is a bad bearer, and cankers ; the fruit 

 often blights, and soon rots at the core, (q.) 

 ORANGE TULIPEE. Striped Orange. Tulip Pear. Vil- 



laine d'Anjou. (Q-4) (q.) 

 BERGAMOTTE D'ETE. Summer Bergamot. Milan dc 



Bcuvriere. (Q,.tf (84) (q.) 

 BERGAMOTTE ROUGE. Red Bergamot. 



The fruit is rather small, short, turbinate, pale yellow, 

 but red next the sun ; tender, melting, juicy, sugary, high- 

 flavored. August, (q.) (M.) 



7. *VERTE LONGUE. MouiUe Bouche. Long Green 

 Month-water. 



The fruit is rather large ; form varying from pyramidal 

 to turbinate j the skin smooth, of a dark green color; the 

 flesh melting, of, a sweet, rich, and pleasant flavor. It 

 ripens the beginning of August, and is a most excellent 

 fruit ; the tree bears abundantly every year. We are per- 

 suaded that this is not identical with that described by 

 Duhamel. 



[R. 4.] BEURRE. Brown Beurre. Beurre Gris. 

 Beurre Dork. Beurre Rouge. 



Rather large; obovate, tapering towards the stalk; 

 greenish yellow, covered with thin russet, but occasionally 



