THE SIEULLE PEAR. 



SiEULLE. Bon Jardinier, 1828 ; Jardin Fruitier, pi. Ixxix. 



Doyenne' Sieulle, Mag. of Hort. vol. xii. p. 175. 

 Bkurre' Sieulle, Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed. 1842. 



The Sieulle, though introduced to notice upwards 

 of thirty years since, is comparatively a new fruit, and 

 does not appear to have been generally known to 

 European pomological writers. The first descriptive 

 J account of it is given in the Bon Jardinier. Noisette 

 also describes and figui'es it in his Jardin Fruitier. 

 Lindley does not mention it, but it is enumerated in the 

 Catalogue of the London Horticultural Society for 1832, 

 as one of the kinds which had been proved, and is 

 there classed among those of the first quality. It is 

 certainly somewhat remai'kable that a variety, possess- 

 ing such excellent quahties, should not have attracted more attention, 

 and have been more generally introduced into collections. Few pears 

 surpass the Sieulle. It is of large size and beautiful appearance, having 

 a fair skin, and bright red cheek; and, though not quite so melting 

 as the White Doyenne, to which it is alhed, it possesses the same rich, 

 sprightly, and refreshing flavor, comes in at a more desirable season, 

 and keeps from four to six weeks. 



This superior pear was raised by M. Sieulle, in the garden of the 

 Due de Choisel, of Praslin, and was first brought to notice in 1815, at 

 which period, or soon after, M. Noisette introduced it into his collection 

 at Paris. In 1828 or '29, the Messrs. Prince, of Flushing, introduced 

 it to their collection, and disseminated the trees, but we do not learn of 

 its fruiting around Boston until 1844 or '45, when fine specimens were 

 produced by several cultivators. It thrives well either upon the quince 

 or pear stock, but the finest specimens we have yet seen were gi'own 

 upon the quince. Our painting is from a beautiful pear, received from 

 Mr. G. B. Fowler, of Plymouth, last season, whose tree, trained en que- 

 nouille, bears abundantly every year. We have also received it from the 

 fine collection of J. P. Gushing, Esq., of Watertown, which contains all 

 the choice pears to be found. On espahers, in his garden, very large 

 and beautiful specimens are produced. 



Teee. — ^Vigorous, upright, and rather compact, having much of the 

 habit of the White Doyenne ; branches horizontal at first, but afterwards 

 bending upwards, and very erect. 



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