384 THE PEAR. 



109. DTJCHESSE D'ORLEANS. 



Latey received from France, where it has the reputation of 

 being a very handsome fruit, of the first quality, with precisely 

 the flavour of the old, and much admired Gansel's Bergamot. 

 Young wood light green. 



Fruit large, long-pyriform. Skin golden yellow, dotted and 

 streaked with a little russet. Flesh buttery, melting, rich, 

 sugary and aromatic. Very productive, and ripens in October. 



110. DELICES D'HARDENPONT. Thomp. 



Delices d'Ardenpont. Lind 



A melting, buttery pear, one of the new Flemish varieties, 

 and raised by the counsellor Hardenpont, of Mons. It has 

 borne for several seasons in this country, and proves of rich 

 and excellent flavour. The tree is moderately thrifty ; shoots 

 upright, yellowish-brown. 



Fruit of medium size, obtuse-pyriform, with its widest part 

 above the middle, and a little uneven in surface. Stalk an 

 inch long, curved, and set rather obliquely in a narrow, shallow 

 cavity. Skin pale 

 vellow, dotted with 

 numerous small gray 

 dots in the shade, and 

 somewhat russetted in 

 the sun. Calyx very 

 small, closed, and pla- 

 ced in a small, uneven 

 basin. Flesh buttery, 

 melting, with an abun- 

 dant, slightly perfu- 

 med, and rich juice. 

 Middle of October. 



111. DUNDAS. Van 

 Mons. Man. in H. M. 



A very brilliant co- 

 loured fruit, remarka- 

 bly handsome for the 

 dessert, and of rich fla- 

 vour. It is a recent 

 Belgian variety, sent 

 to this country by Van 

 Mons, in 1834. 



Fruit medium size, 



