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proved at Paris, by M. Jamin, and described by him. 

 Those same kinds which are marked D. have also been 

 lately proved, by M. Dalbret, the superintendent of the 

 compartment of fruits, at the Garden of Plants at Paris. 

 Of the numerous new and fine varieties, which I procured 

 of M. Jamin, I have particularly described in this class 

 but twenty-five kinds, and those only which he designated 

 to me as fruits the most extraordinary ; most of them 

 being also quite new, and not then known in commerce. 

 Trees of nearly every kind described in this class, are al- 

 ready in our country. 



A. denotes those kinds of American origin. 



E. denotes those kinds which are native English. 



F. denotes most of those kinds which are natives of France. 

 Most of all the rest are of the new Flemish kinds. 



SECTION I. 



SUMMER FRUIT. 



16. D'AMANDE D'ETE. Thompson. 



Large, pyramidal ; color green and yellow ; juicy and 

 good. August. 



17. D' ANANAS D'ETE. Thompson. 



Large, obtusely pyramidal ; color brown, but red next 

 the sun; beurree and good. August. 



18. BELLE DE BRUXELLES. A'. Duh. Nouv. 

 Cours Complct. 



The young wood is large, short, gray in the shade, red 

 next the sun ; leaves small, oblong ; fruit large, pyramidal, 

 its stalk on its summit ; skin beautiful clear yellow, but 

 bright red next the sun ; the flesh is white, fine, of an 

 agreeable fhvor. The fruit is the largest and the most 

 beautiful of the season, which is early in August. 



19. *BLOODGOOD PEAR. [A.] 



The fruit is of moderate size and roundish form ; of a 

 yellow color throughout, and somewhat russeted ; the 

 stalk an inch long. A pear of superior quality, ripening 



