68 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



small, flattened, dark brown. Ripe the end of July and be- 

 ginning of August. 



66. Doyenne' Boussock. 



Doyenn6 Boussock Nouvelle. Am. Orchardist. 



The Doyenne Boussock is another variety, which was first 

 made known to our collections by Mr. Kenrick, who brought 



Fig. 9. Doyenni Boussock. 



scions home with him in the spring of 1841, on his return from 

 Europe; a portion of these he liberally gave to Mr. Manning, 

 in whose collection it first fruited in 1843. Mr. Kenrick sub- 

 sequently described it, in his American Orchardist, under the 

 name of Doyenne Boussock Nouvelle, where he states he re- 

 ceived it from M. Jamin of Paris : but, upon a careful inspec- 

 tion of M. Jamin' s latest Catalogue for 1843, we only find 



