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dessert pears. Specimens from the Island of Jersey have 

 been seen weighing twenty-two ounces. The form is 

 roundish, oblong, tapering towards the stalk, with an ex- 

 tremely uneven surface ; the stalk and eye deeply sunk ; 

 skin dull yellow, covered with broad russet patches ; the 

 flesh rich, melting, very juicy and high-flavored, with a 

 most agreeable perfume. The trees are stated to bear very 

 early, and with certainty. It succeeds equally well on the 

 quince stock or pear." It will ripen here about the last of 

 October. Specimens of this fruit have been here pro- 

 duced, some weighing a pound, and of very first rate quali- 

 ty. The tree is a great bearer. 



87. DUNMORE. [E.] 



A new and valuable fruit, which was originated by Mr. 

 Knight ; large, and in form of the Diel, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



88. EMERALD. Thompson. [E.] 



A new fruit, originated by Mr. Knight, of great excel- 

 lence, and a great bearer, as are all of Mr. Knight's gen- 

 erally, as fully proved. 



89. EYEWOOD. [E.] 



A new fruit, originated by Mr. Knight, and which Mr. 

 Thompson describes as " excellent, and very productive ; " 

 very lately proved by him, at the garden of the London 

 Hort. Society. 



90. FIGUE DE NAPLES. Thompson. 



Large, oblong, of a brown color, but red next the sun ; 

 beurree and excellent. The tree is vigorous. Nov. [Oct. ?] 



91. FONDANTE DES CHARNEUSE. [J.] 



A new, medium-sized fruit, melting and excellent. This 

 fruit ripens at Paris in September. 



92. FONDANTE VAN MONS. Thompson. 

 Middle-sized, roundish; of a pale yellow color ; juicy and 



excellent. November. [October 1] 



93. FORME DE DELICES. Thompson. 

 Middle-sized, obovate; of a yellow color, russeted ; 



beurree and excellent. October. 



94. FOSTER. Dr. Holmes. [A.] 



A native, raised by Capt. Otis Foster, of Winthrop, Me., 

 from the seed of the old St. Michael, planted in 1802. 

 The tree is very handsome, and extraordinarily productive. 



