THE MAGAZINE 



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HORTICULTURE 



AUGUST, 1847. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Descrijjtions and £!?ig?'avi?igs of Select Varieties of 

 Pears. By the Editor. 



We continue our descriptive list of pears. Some of the 

 number which are enumerated below are tolerably well known, 

 and part of them very highly esteemed kinds. The Ananas 

 is of more recent introduction, and is a very fine early autumn 

 pear. 



73, FiGUE DE Naples. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d. Ed. 1842. 



Comtesse de Frdnol, > jjort. Soc. Cat., 3d. Ed. 



Ue Vigne Pelone, > 



Fig Pear of Naples, Book of Fruits, (first series,) p. 91. 



' S- of some English and American collections, 

 r ourcroy , ) 



The Figue de Naples is tolerably well known around 

 Boston under the name of the Beurre Bronze, it having 

 frequently been exhibited under that name, though incor- 

 rectly. Mr. Manning fruited it for several years, and, in his 

 Book of Fruits, he described it as a "very productive vari- 

 ety, bearing young, juicy and good." Last year, a tree in our 

 collection, received under the name of Beurre Bronze, pro- 

 duced several fine pears, and we were somewhat surprised to 

 find it so fine a variety. Whether from the season, the locality, 

 or the soil, we considered it as one of the best pears of the season. 

 It possesses a rather thick skin, but the flavor is peculiarly rich, 

 musky and delicious. Since our description was made, we have 

 observed that Mr. Thompson has described it in the Gardener's 



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