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cavity : skin of a bronzed green : flesh white, fine, and very 

 mehing: flavor rich, sngary and deUcions. It ripens in Oc- 

 tober and .\ovember. It is staled that it must rank " the 

 noblest of its kind." 



Nouvemc Puiteau. — Another variety from the nursery of 

 Van Mons, raised in 1827, and fruited in 1843. M. Eouvier, 

 who introduced it to notice, states that he desired to dedicate 

 this pear to the intimate friend of Van Mons, M. Poiteau, Ed- 

 itor of the Annals of the Royal Society of Horticulture, and 

 his sons favored his proposal. Fruit nearly pyriform, about 

 four inches long and three in diameter, tapering into the stem: 

 stem medium length, about three quarters of an inch, green- 

 ish, becoming paler when mature, marbled and speckled with 

 red: flesh buttery and melting, with a rich and sugary flavor, 

 perfumed like the Brown Beurre. Ripe in November. 



Beune Gouhault — A fine, large, new pear, raised by M. 

 Goubault of Angers, with the B. Superfine and the Doyenne 

 Goubault, each of which are stated to be desirable varieties. 

 The size is quite large : skin of a greenish yellow, marked 

 with dots : stem rather long and slender : flesh fine, buttery 

 and melting, with a perfumed flavor. Ripe early in Septem- 

 ber. 



Betirre Svperjine. — Fruit large, measuring four inches long, 

 and about three in diameter; somewhat irregular and angu- 

 lar: stem short, stout, and swollen at the base : skin yellow- 

 ish green, becoming yellow when mature, more or less dotted 

 and traced with reddish russet dots : flesh fine, buttery, and 

 melting, with a higlily perfumed and excellent flavor. Ripe 

 the last of September. 



Doyenne, GoubanU. — A large and fine late fruit, beginning 

 to ripen in rsovember, and keeping till April. Skin yellow, 

 dotted with gray: flesh melting, with a perfumed and exqui- 

 site flavor. It ranks as a superior late keeping variety. 



Ckitiwell — An English variety, described by Mr. Thomp- 

 son, in the Journal of the London Horticultural Society. The 

 fruit is staled to be three inches long and about two in diam- 

 eter : the form curved pyramidal : eye small, open : stem 

 about half an inch in length : skin smooth, thin, yellowish 

 green in the shade, and partly tinged and obscurely streaked 

 with dull red next the sun, where it is also sprinkled with 



