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bears. The pears of this kind sent from New York are very 

 fine; but those raised in my own garden did not arrive at the 

 same perfection. I think that this tree, hke the Seckel, requires 

 a rich soil in order to produce fine fruit. 



61. Roi de Wurtemburg. Synonyme: Capiaumont of the 

 Pomological Magazine. — The tree produces abundantly. The 

 fruit is very fine and handsome, and in every respect entitled to 

 extensive cultivation. Ripe in October. 



62. Catillac Duhamel. Synonyme: Forty Ounce Pear of 

 the French gardeners. — A very large and productive winter ba- 

 king pear. 



63. Bezi Chaumontel. — An old variety of first rate excel- 

 lence; it is very productive, and not subject to crack. Its only 

 fault appears to be a disposition to rot before it becomes mellow; 

 when this is the case, it may be baked, for which it is well 

 adapted. 



64. Delices d'' Hardenpont. — This new pear produced a few im- 

 perfect fruits for the first time the past season, (1836.) Further 

 proof and a more favorable season are necessary in order to judge 

 of its merits. 



65. Duchess d''Angouleme. — A very large and productive 

 pear, of recent origin. In order to produce fruit as large and 

 as handsome as that figured in the Pomological JMagazine, I 

 think the trees should be trained to a wall in a rich soil. Mine 

 were standard trees, in a rather poor soil, and the fruits did not 

 answer the expectations I had formed, from seeing the specimens 

 produced in the highly cultivated gardens in the vicinity of Bos- 

 ton. Ripe in November and December. 



66. ^Echasserie Duhamel. — A very productive winter table 

 pear; in some seasons very fine. I have seen them in the mar- 

 ket in Boston, equal to the very best winter pears. They are 

 of small size, except in a rich soil. The leaves are indented, 

 and the young wood is weak, and bent at every eye. 



67. Glout Alorceau. — This has till lately been cultivated as 

 the beurre d'Aremberg; the French gardeners still continue it 

 by that name. After the experience of several years I do not 

 consider it as a first rate fruit. It is produced in abundance, 

 hangs late on the trees, and ripens in the early winter months. 



68. Martin Sec Duhamel. — An old variety: although in some 

 catalogues it is called " fine," I have found it so indifferent that 

 I shall not continue its cultivation. Ripe from November till 

 January. 



69. Messire Jean. — A well known pear, of a sweet and agree- 

 able taste, breaking like an apple in eating. It is productive 

 and well suited to the market, but only of second rate quality. 

 Ripe in October and November. 



70. Winter Orange. — A very productive old variety. The 



