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is healthy, of vigorous growth, falls early into fruit, and 

 promises to bear abundantly, and is a good fruit for keep- 

 ing. Raised by the Count de Coloraa, of Malines. 



186. ROUSELENCH. Thompson. [E.] 



Large, oblong, swollen in the middle or truncated ; of a 

 pale green color ; beurree and excellent. January and 

 February. The tree is very extraordinary for productive- 

 ness. Raised by Mr. Knight, and sent by him, in 1823, to 

 the Hon. John Lowell. 



187. SAGERET. BonJard. [J.] 



The tree grows pyramidal, and is of a fine vigorous 

 growth; the fruit of medium size, turbinate ; green, 

 punctured with brown ; flesh melting, flavor pleasant, 

 sugary, little perfumed. It keeps till spring. M. Vil- 

 morin pronounces it very fine. There are two pears of 

 this name ; this, being raised by Van Mons, is fine. That 

 raised by Mr. Sageret, of France, is inferior. 



188. SOUVERAIN D'HIVER. [3.] 



New and excellent ; of medium size ; a very superior 

 melting winter fruit. 



189. *VAN MONS LEON LE CLERC. 



A splendid new fruit, raised by M. Leon le Clerc, of 

 Laval, and so named in honor of Dr. Van Mons. This 

 fruit is not to be confounded with another fruit, raised by 

 Dr. Van Mons himself, and called Leon le, Clerc, which 

 is not at all to be compared to this. Mr. Langelier, of the 

 Isle of Jersey, exhibited this fruit to the London Horticul- 

 tural Society; and Mr. Thompson, and other first-rate 

 judges, believe it to be the best pear in the world. It is 

 thus described by him : " Form oblong, four inches in 

 length, and nearly three inches in breadth ; the eye is 

 shallow, small, but open ; the stalk rather more than an 

 inch in length, moderately strong, and obliquely inserted ; 

 the skin yellowish, every where profusely covered with 

 brown, a little russeted near the stalk; the flesh is yel- 

 lowish white, buttery, and melting, with a very rich, sugary 

 flavor. It proves a pear of first-rate excellence, combining 

 the properties of large size, handsome appearance, and 

 rich flavor." This Fruit ripens from October to \\inter. 



190. VICOMPTE DE SPOELBERCH. Van Mons. 

 Extract from an article written by Dr. Van Mons in the 



Revue des Revues, inserted by the Hon. H A. S. Dear- 



