THE LOUISE BONNE OF JERSEY PEAR. 



Louise Bonne of Jeesey. Hort. See. Catalogue, 3d Ed. 1842. 



Louise Bonne d'Avranches, 1 



Beurre' ou Bonne Louise Auradore, v Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 1842. 



William the Fourth, ^ 



Bergamot d'Avranches, ? ^ ■n^ i /-. n .- 



„ ^ ^ } ot some r rench Collections. 



JroiRE DE Jersey, ^ 



The Louise Bonne of Jersey is one of the finest pears 

 which has been recently introduced, and it will undoubt- 

 edly become as popular a variety as the now widely dis- 

 seminated, and justly esteemed, WiUiams's Bon Chretien. 

 It has not only the qualities of size, beauty, productiveness, 

 and keeping weU, but it is of the most hardy character ; 

 and, according to Mr. Thompson, " more than rivals the 

 Marie Louise," one of the richest pears, even in the climate 

 of England. So far as it has been proved here, after 

 several years' experience, it can be recommended as an 

 indispensable addition to even the smallest collection. 

 The Louise Bonne of Jersey is, without much doubt, a French pear. 

 The London Horticultural Society first received it from the Island of 

 Jersey, in 1820, and so named it to distinguish it from the old Louise 

 Bonne of pomologists. According, however, to French writers, it was 

 originated at Avranches, in 1788, by M. de Longueval, and its original 

 name was Beurre de Longueval ; but as it was somewhat extensively 

 disseminated under the name of Louise Bonne d Avranches, that be- 

 came its popular title among French cultivators, and one which it 

 ought to retain. Under this name we found it cultivated in all the 

 principal nm^series around Paris, in the autumn of 1844. 



Few varieties of the pear combine all the good characteristics of this. 

 It is admu'ably adapted for cultivation as a pyramidal tree, or for growing 

 en quenouille. It has, naturally, a very erect and regular habit, and, even 

 without any pruning, forms a beautiful-shaped tree. It succeeds per- 

 fectly upon the quince, bearing very young, and producing abundant crops. 

 Tree. — ^\^igorous, of an erect and upright habit, the branches at first 

 shghtly diverging, but afterwards erect. 



Wood. — Dull brownish oHve, shghtly reddish on the sunny side, 

 dotted with whitish specks, moderately stout, and rather long-jointed ; 

 annual growth long, with but few lateral shoots; old wood grayish 

 brown ; buds medium size, rather long, inclined towards the branch, 

 and rather shai-ply pointed : Flower-buds medium size. 



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