202 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



of his specimens sent to us in the autumn of 1847. Last sea- 

 son, our own trees produced several pears, and we can fully 

 confirm the high character which the Jalousie de Fontenay 

 Vendee has sustained. It bears but little resemblance to the 

 Jalousie of Duhamel^ as the latter has a dark, crimson- 

 colored, and rough russety covering, while the former has a 

 yellowish green skin, thickly ov^erspread with tracings of 

 greenish russet. 



The tree is a vigorous and upright grower, an abundant 

 bearer, and succeeds well upon the quince. The wood is 

 light yellowish brown. 



Size, large, about three and a half inches long, and three 

 inches in diameter : Form, obtusely pyramidal, regular, broad 

 and full at the crown, tapering to the stem : Skin, nearly 

 smooth, dull greenish yellow, much russeted around the eye 

 and stem, and thickly covered, on the sunny side, with rather 

 small russet specks: Stem, medium length, about an inch 

 long, rather stout, little fleshy at the base, and obliquely in- 

 serted on an obtuse point without any cavity : Eye, medium 

 size, partially closed, and little sunk in a rather shallow, 

 large open basin ; segments of the calyx broad, short, and 

 roundish: Flesh, yellowish, coarse, melting, and juicy : Fla- 

 vor, rich, saccharine, and excellent, with a pleasant perfume : 

 Core, rather large : Seeds, very large, long, pointed, and dark 

 brown. Ripe in October. 



108. Brande's St. Germain. Van Mons Arbres Fruitiers. 



Bran de St. Germain, of some foreign collections. 

 Pyrus Brandesia, Van Mons. 



It is somewhat remarkable that a pear, possessing such 

 excellent qualities as the Brande's St. Germain {fig- 22,) 

 should not have been more extensively known, and more 

 generally cultivated. Mr. Prince first introduced it to the 

 notice of American cultivators as long ago as 1831, when he 

 gave a descriptive account of it in the Pomological Ma7mal, 

 (Vol. II. p. 211,) translated from the Arbres Fruitiers, of 

 Van Mons. He there states that the tree was raised from 

 seed about eighteen years previous, and had then produced 

 fruit for thirteen years. Mr. Prince, however, does not state 

 whether he had had the variety in bearing or not. 



