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born : The size varies according to the quantity produced. 

 Its form is nearly spherical, swollen, and flattened near the 

 eye, contracted towards the stalk. The skin is thick and 

 rough, of a brownish red next the sun, with purple spots ; 

 on the opposite side deep green. The flesh is buttery, 

 saccharine, full of agreeable and sprightly juice, and very 

 high-flavored. This excellent pear is decidedly a winter 

 fruit, and sometimes keeps till spring. It was raised by 

 Dr. Van Mons. 



191. WILHELMINA. [D.] Bon Jard. 



A new fruit, of great excellence ; large, arid melting ; 

 ripening in September. Thus is this fruit described by 

 M. M. Jamin and Dalbret; but the Bon Jardinier describes 

 it as follows : In form of the Doyenne, punctured with 

 gray in the shade, laved with red next the sun ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, beurree; juice abundant, sugary, perfumed. 

 February. March. 



192. *WINTER CRASSANNE. Mr. Thompson. [E.] 

 A new pear, raised by Mr. Knight, and sent by him, in 



1832, to the Hon. John Lowell and the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Society. Very large ; turbinate; of a greenish 

 yellow and brown color ; beurree and excellent. January. 

 It is thought by Mr. Rivers, and some others, to be one 

 of the hardiest and most productive pears known. In 1840, 

 a tree of this kind was witnessed, at the garden of the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, which bore prodigious crops. 



193. *WINTER NELIS. Pom. Mag. 



LA BONNE MALINOISE. Mr. Knight. Pom. Mag. Hort. Trans. 



NELIS D'HIVER. BONNE DE MALINES. Hort. Trans. 

 A new variety, raised by M. Nelis, of Malines. Sent by 

 Mr. Knight, in 1823, to the Hon. John Lowell. Repre- 

 sented as a most excellent winter pear. Rather above the 

 middle size; obovate; obtuse at the stalk, which is thick, 

 and over an inch long; the skin yellowish, sometimes 

 covered with russet brown ; the flesh yellowish, melting, 

 buttery, juicy, very rich, and high-flavored. Equal to the 

 Chaumontelle. One of the most delicious of all winter 

 pears. None, it is believed, can say, that this variety is 

 very productive. 



