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brownish red next the sun, yellowish, with a speckling of 

 brown, when shaded, and sometimes a considerable portion is 

 covered with a brown russet; flesh yellowish white, melting, 

 of a benrre consistence, and rich flavor, even in the present 

 not most favorable season," [1841.] Mr. Thompson thinks 

 it is as large as the brown Beurre, and he has never tasted 

 the last named sort better than the Dunmore: when it has 

 remained to ripen and grow yellow upon the tree, he has 

 thought it the most melting pear of its early season. Grafts 

 of it, which were inserted into stocks only two years ago, 

 afforded an abundant blossom, and bore fruit last season, 

 though the weather, last spring, was quite unfavorable, and 

 destroyed the blossoms of the more delicate varieties. The 

 trees are of rapid growth, and the variety appears to be ex- 

 tremely well adapted to cold and late situations. 



From this description, it will be at once perceived it is a 

 valuable variety, particularly for our climate. To say a pear 

 is as good as the brown Beurre, is sufficient to recommend it 

 to the attention of every cultivator. 



KnigliVs Monarch. — Another fine variety, also raised by 

 Mr. Knight, and described by him in the Transactions above 

 alluded to, and at the same time with the Dunmore. It was 

 named by Mr. Knight, the Monarch, "under the conviction, 

 that, for the climate of England, it stands without an equal; 

 and because it appeared in the first year of the reign of our 

 most excellent monarch," (William IV.) In form it is ob- 

 long, tapering somewhat towards the stalk, where it is obtuse; 

 the stem is, in all cases, remarkably short and thick; the eye 

 is open, in a shallow depression; the general color is yellow- 

 ish brown, tinged with red next the sun, and every where 

 interspersed with roundish pale gray flecks; flesh yellowish, 

 melting, buttery, and rich; slightly musky, but not disagree- 

 ably so, and this is less perceptible in a drier season than the 

 past, being then almost lost in the highly saccharine quality of 

 the fruit. The tree grows vigorously, and is a most abundant 

 bearer as a standard, the fruit from which is much higher fla- 

 vored than from a wall. January is its season of becoming 

 fit for use. 



In 1832, Mr. Knight sent scions of what he supposed to 

 be the true Monarch, to the late Mr. Lowell, and from his 

 trees, scions of a pear so highly praised were liberally distrib- 

 uted to nurserymen and cultivators. But this has proved not 



