Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 63 



63. Elizabeth (Van Mons.) 



158 Van Mons's numbered Varieties. 



The list of good summer pears is rather limited, and the 

 additions to this class are few compared with autumn varieties. 

 Every new kind, therefore, of decided merit, ripening at this 

 season, is welcomed as a desirable fruit. The Elizabeth of 

 Van Mons {fig- 6,) is one of this description. It is not of 



Fig. &. Elizabeth, {Van Mons.) 



large size, but it has a great deal of beauty ; and, without be- 

 ing very high flavored, it has that mingling of sweetness and 

 pefume which will render it a favorite with most cultivators. 

 Mr. Manning describes it as "very sweet." It was received 

 from Van Mons, as No. 158 ; but as he gave Mr. Manning 

 permission to name any of the numbered kinds when they 

 came into bearing, it received from him the name under which 

 he has already briefly described it, (VIII. p. 57.) In the fall 

 of 1842, the last time we had the pleasure of a conversation 

 with Mr. Manning, at his residence in Salem, he gave us 

 some specimens of the Elizabeth, from which we made a draw- 

 ing, but they were rather small, and we thought it best to 



