60 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



61. Van Assene. 



This very excellent pear, {fig. 4,) was received from Dr. 

 Van Mons among the first lot of scions which he sent to Messrs. 



Fig. 4. Van Assene. 



Manning and Kenrick, in the spring of 1835. In the second 

 parcel, which came to hand in 1836, many varieties were du- 

 plicated ; but this name does not appear in that list. We do 

 not find the name in the catalogues of the most extensive 

 French and Belgian nurserymen, and we hence conclude that 

 it is unknown to continental pomologists, and probably only 

 exists in American collections. Mr. Manning first fruited it 

 in 1841, and briefly described it as above referred to, where 

 he calls it a " very tender, fine, and melting pear." Subse- 

 quently, we believe, it has been exhibited from Mr. Manning's 

 collection, but we have not had an opportunity to taste it 



