304: SELECT TAErETIES OF rETTTTS. 



mid on the quince, nearly as good as White Doyenne. — 

 October. 



36. Belle Lucrative (Fondante d'Antomne). — Medium 

 size, melting and delicious ; a fair, upright grower ; makes 

 a beautiful pyramid on the quince, and bears early and' 

 abundantly ; first quality in ail respects. — September arid' 

 October. 



37. Beiirre d'^Amalis. — A large, melting, fine pear, 

 resembling the Brown Beurre,^and with the same high' 

 yinous flavor ; a strong grower, and most abundant bearer* 

 on the quince.— September and October. 



38. Comte de Lamy. — A medium-sized, melting, fine 

 flavored fruit ; a good grower ; makes a fine j^yramid on' 

 the quince. — October. 



39. Cashing. — Medium size, oblong, pale green, brown-' 

 ish next the sun; juicy, melting, and delicious ; tree very^ 

 productive ; one of the very best Massachusetts varietiefs.- 

 — September. 



40. Dunmore (Knight's). — A large, fine pear, with a' 

 sprightly sub-acid flavor like the Brown Beurre ; rather 

 variable ; sometimes first-rate — September. 



41. Dix. — A large, fine pear, melting, juicy, and rich; 

 a fair grower ; slender, yellowish shoots ; succeeds on the 

 quince double worked, but not otherwise. — October. Ori- 

 gin, Boston. 



42 Duchesse d''Angoxdeme. — The largest of all our 

 good pears ; it attains its highest perfection on the quince, 

 and is a beautiful, vigorous tree ; profitable for market. — 

 October and November. 



43. Duchesse cV Orleans. — A new, large, and delicious 

 pear, " with the flavor of GanselPs Bergamot ;" succeeds 

 well on the quince, and bears quite young ; has proved 

 fine at Boston, but not so good with us. — October. 



44. Doyenne Boussoch. — A new, large, delicious pear, 



