62 Pomological J^otices. — JS^otices of 



juicy and high flavored. Ripe in September. The sc'ons 

 were received from the London Horticultural Socieiy; it is a 

 good bearer, and one of the best of pears. [Our fig. 3 rep- 

 resents this excellent fruit. — Ed.] 



Belle of Flanders Pear, 



33. J\^c Laughlin. — A seedling from Scarborough, Maine, 

 of large size; skin rough, greenish yellow; form oblong; flesh 

 juicy and good. Ripe in January. This cannot be the fruit 

 of the same name, sent some years since to Boston by Gen- 

 eral Wingate of Maine; it was of the size and color of the 

 Bartlett, and was tasted by the Committee of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society in Mr. Cook's office in Septem- 

 ber, when it was over ripe. 



34. Muscat Robert. — The size is small; skin a clear light 

 yellow; flesh good, with a peculiar flavor; a great bearer. 

 Ripe in July. This is one of the old French pears, but lit- 



