Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 67 



1845, when a small tree produced six or eight pears : last year, 

 it bore upwards of a dozen, larger and finer than those of 

 the year previous. Around Nantes, it is esteemed the best 

 pear of the season, and, in comparison with the Citron des 

 Carmes, we think it not only full as good, but a far more beau- 

 tiful fruit, having a rich yellow skin, brilliantly shaded and 

 spotted with crimson. It is about the same size as the Citron 

 des Carmes, and the tree has the merit of bearing very young : 

 it also thrives well upon the quince. 



Mr. Kenrick, to whom all Pomologists are greatly indebted 

 for the early communication of the lists containing the names 

 and numbers of the new pears forwarded by Van Mons, and 

 to whom the public are under great obligations for his labors 

 in the introduction of new fruits, was the first to make this 

 pear known to American cultivators, by his correct transla- 

 tion of M. Poiteau's description in the Hort. Reg. in 1836. 

 But it does not seem to have been introduced for some time 

 afterwards. We received it from Vilmorin of Paris, with 

 many other new kinds, in the spring of 1843. The tree is 

 quite unlike the Doyenne, having dull, brownish red wood, 

 making moderately vigorous shoots, and having long, oval, 

 pointed, dark green leaves. The fruit, like all summer 

 pears, should be picked early, even before they have acquired 

 any tint of yellow. They will then ripen off, and possess a 

 flesh as melting as a white Doyenne. M. Jamin, in his Cat- 

 alogtic^ sets it down as worthy of cultivation in the propor- 

 tion of six to three of the Citron des Carmes. 



Size^ medium, about two inches long, and two inches in 

 diameter : Form, roundish, turbinate, largest in the middle, 

 gradually tapering to the stem, where it is obtuse : Skhi, fair, 

 smooth, pale yellowish green, becoming nearly yellow when 

 mature, broadly shaded and marbled with brilliant red on the 

 sunny side, and dotted with greenish russet specks : Stem, 

 rather long, about one and a quarter inches, moderately stout, 

 yellowish brown, slightly fleshy at the base, and obliquely 

 inserted without any cavity under a slight projection : Eye, 

 small, closed, inserted in a very shallow basin ; segments of 

 the calyx short, stiff, projecting : Flesh, yellowish white, rath- 

 er coarse, buttery, melting, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, 

 sprightly, perfumed, and delicious : Core, medium size : Seeds, 



