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question in regard to its qualities. In the mean time, before 

 this and the other sorts come into fruit again, we have thought 

 that the following article, from the Transactions of the London 

 Horticultural Society, an expensive work, which does not, 

 probably, find its way into the hands of many, would prove 

 highly interesting to our amateur cultivators, and prepare 

 them somewhat for what they may expect when they shall 

 have specimens from their own trees : — 



The following account of some of the new fruits, raised at 

 Downton, has been prepared from descriptions made in the 

 society's garden, by Mr. Robert Thompson, to which notes 

 have been added by Mr. Knight. As- these varieties appear 

 of considerable importance, it was considered desirable that 

 an early opportunity should be taken, of making the public 

 acquainted with them. ,^ 



1. March Bergamot Pear. Fruit middle-size, in form and 

 appearance resembling the Autumn Bergamot. Flesh buttery, 

 a little gritty near the core, rich and excellent. Season, 

 March, or later. 



Note. — Owing to its resemblance in form to the Autumn 

 Bergamot, and its ripening chiefly in March (it may be pre- 

 served later,) I have named this sort the March Bergamot. 

 The sample sent was not favorable in any respect, the most 

 perfect having been previously eaten, owing to my having 

 erroneously supposed that I had sent a sample of the fruit in 

 autumn. No pains were taken to preserve those that remained 

 and which, it appears, were found to be excellent, after endur- 

 ing the carriage to London in the beginning of March. It will 

 be found a much larger and a much better pear when grown 

 in the garden of the society. The fruit is, I think, quite as 

 large as that of an old Autumn Bergamot tree was, which 

 formerly grew in the same soil and chmate, and at the distance 

 of a few feet only. Both this variety and the Pengethley 

 Pear, would probably be greatly improved if grown upon a 

 wall, and, so cultivated, I believe both would be found very 

 valuable in cold and unfavorable situations, in Avhich the 

 French and Belgic varieties could not be made to succeed. 



2. Pengethley Pear. Fruit middle-sized, obovate, a little 

 curved at the stalk. Eye small and a little open ; stalk about 



