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THE PEAR. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to obovate. Skin at first 

 green, becoming clear yellow at maturity, with small dots, and 

 sometimes with greenish spots in the shade. Stalk scarcely 

 three quarters of an inch long, rather stout, curved, and set in 

 a small round cavity. Calyx small, closed, in a shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, breaking, a little coarse in texture, but, if gathered 

 early and ripened in the house, it becomes half buttery, sweet 

 and agreeable. First of September. 



8. BELLE DE BRUXELLES. Nois. Thomp. 

 Belle d'Aout. 



A large and handsome fruit, of good quality, little known 

 in this country, as two other sorts, Angleterre, and Flemish 

 Beauty, have been wrongly imported under this name. 



Fruit large, about four inches long, pyriform, tapering gra- 

 dually to the stalk. Skin pale yellow, with a soft red cheek 

 when fully exposed, otherwise entirely yellow. Stalk an inch 

 and a half long, rather stout, obliquely inserted under a slight 

 lip, fleshy at the lower end. Flesh white, juicy and melting, 

 sweet, and slightly perfumed. Middle of August. 



9. BARTLETT, OR WILLIAMS' BONCHRETIEN. Thomp. Man. 



Bartlett, of all American gardens. 

 Williams' Bonchretien. Thomp. Lind. 

 Poire Guillaume, of the French. 



This noble pear is, justly, one of the most popular of all the 

 summer varieties. Its size, beauty and excellence, entitle it to 

 this estimation, apart from the fact that it bears very early, regu- 

 larly and abundantly. It is an English variety, originated 

 about 1770, in Berkshire, and was afterwards propagated by a 

 London grower by the name of Williams. When first intro- 

 duced to this country its name was lost, and having been culti- 

 vated and disseminated by Enoch Bartlett, Esq., of Dorchester, 

 near Boston, it became so universally known as the Bartlett 

 pear, that it is impossible to dispossess it now.* It suits our cli- 

 mate admirably, ripening better here than in England, and has 

 the unusual property of maturing perfectly in the house, even if 

 it is picked before it is full grown. It has no competitor as a. 

 summer market fruit. The tree grows upright, with thrifty, 

 yellowish. brown shoots, and narrow, folded leaves. 



Fruit of large size, irregularly pyramidal. Skin very thin 

 and smooth, clear yellow, (with a soft blush on the sunny side, in 

 exposed specimens,) rarely marked with faint russet. Stalk one 



* The first imported tree in Mr. Bartlett's grounds, was sent from England 



