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the. Doyenne Boussock enumerated, and hence conclude that 

 the word Nouvelle was appended by M, Jamin merely to de- 

 signate it as a new variety. Our tree, which bore last year, 

 and from the fruit of which our drawing {fig. 9) was made, 

 was received from Paris in the spring of 1843, under the name 

 of Doyenne Boussock. The variety which the late Mr. Man- 

 ning described in our Vol VIII. p. 56, as this pear, proved to 

 be the Doyenne gris. 



We have previously noticed a tree which has proved to be 

 this pear, (Vol. XII. p. 470,) which was purchased in Boston 

 at an auction of a lot of French fruit trees, and bore for the 

 first time last season : and we have remarked that it is some- 

 what singular that, among the many new sorts which have, 

 for several years, been imported by our amateurs and nursery- 

 men, the variety should be almost unknown, especially as it 

 proves to be so fine a fruit. It is nearly as large as the Duch- 

 esse d'Angouleme, and is even superior to that variety, hav- 

 ing a rich, brisk, and vinous flavor, somewhat like the Marie 

 Louise. All we know of its origin is what is stated by Mr. 

 Kenrick, viz., — " new and large ; of superior excellence ; ripen- 

 ing at Paris in November, according to M. Jamin, of whom I 

 received the fruit." (p. 143.) The wood is of a reddish brown, 

 sprinkled with large, round, grayish specks, much resembling 

 the white Doyenne in color, but it is nearly as vigorous as the 

 Beurre Diel, having very prominent buds, and remarkable for its 

 large and thick leaves of a bright glossy green : it is a good 

 bearer, and must rank among the best varieties which have 

 been introduced. 



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

 inches in diameter : Form, obtusely obovate, regular, large 

 at the crown, and tapering little to tlje stem, where it is very 

 obtuse ; Skin, fair, lemon yellow, nearly covered with numer- 

 ous tracings of bright russet on one side, and regularly dotted 

 with large russet specks on the other : Stem, short, about half 

 an inch, stout, straight, wrinkled, brown, fleshy at the base, 

 and moderately inserted in a large shallow cavity : Eye, me- 

 dium size, open, little sunk in a moderately deep, open basin ; 

 segments of the calyx short, round : Flesh, yellowisii white, 

 rather coarse, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, vi- 

 nous, perfumed and excellent : Core, medium size : Seeds, 



