THE PARADISE D'AUTOMNE PEAR. 



Paeadise d'Automne. Kenrick's American Orchardist, 3d Ed. 



Among the more recently introduced pears, the 

 Paradise dAutomne holds a conspicuous place. 

 The first account we find of it is in the American 

 Orchardist, 3d Ed. 1841, where Mr. Kenrick de- 

 scribes it as a new pear, received in England from 

 France. Subsequently, it was enumerated and de- 

 scribed in the Catcdogue of the London Horticultu- 

 ral Society, 3d Ed. 1812, with the remark, by Mr. 

 Thompson, that it was " very like the Beurre Bosc," 

 and its general resemblance to that fine pear has 

 induced some authors to consider the tw^o synonymous. It is, however, 

 quite distinct, and may readily be distinguished by the more iiTegular 

 and uneven outline of the fruit, as well as by its more melting and but- 

 tery flesh. In the wood and foliage, the two are very dissimilar; the 

 Paradise dAutomne having small leaves, and a reddish wood so thickly 

 and distinctly dotted with large whitish grey specks, as to distinguish it 

 at once. In quality, it is fully equal, if not superior, to the Bosc. 



The Paradise dAutomne was introduced by Mr. Kenrick, who gave 

 scions to the late R. Manning, in whose Pomological Garden, at Salem, 

 it first fruited in this country in the autumn of 1844, when the tree 

 produced about a dozen pears : it has continued to bear every year since, 

 and our drawing, which is a most correct representation of the fruit, 

 was made from some beautiful specimens sent us by Mr. Manning last 

 autumn : our outline engraving is from a specimen from the same tree 

 in 1846. 



The Paradise dAutomne is a much more vigorous growing tree than 

 the Beurre Bosc, making long and moderately stout shoots, upright at 

 first, but afterwards becoming straggling and irregular. Our vignette 

 represents a young pyramidal tree, three years from the bud. Whether 

 it will succeed upon the quince, has not yet been fully ascertained : we 

 are under the impression it will not prove long-lived on that stock, as 

 we have trees, two years grafted, which present a rather feeble appear- 

 ance. On the pear, it comes soon into bearing, about the fourth year. 



Tree. — Vigorous, upright when young, with the annual shoots often 

 curved; but, as the tree becomes older, assuming a straggling and 

 somewhat pendulous habit. 



Wood. — Reddish brown, thickly dotted with very large, oblong, whit- 



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