THE SAINT ANDREW PEAR. 



Saint Andre''. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xii. p. 297. 



The Saint Andre is one of the finest autumn pears, 

 recently introduced. It resembles, in its melting flesh 

 and rich flavor, the Belle Lucrative, and is nearly, or 

 quite, equal to that variety, which is admitted to stand 

 at the head of our early autumn pears. The fruit is 

 unusually fair, of good size, comes to maturity imme- 

 diatly after the Wilhams's Bon Chretien, (or Bartlett,) 

 and is in eating three or four weeks. 



For its introduction to American collections, we are 

 indebted to the late Mr. R. Manning, of Salem. He 

 received scions of the Saint Andre, with some other sorts, from the 

 Messrs. Baumann, of Bollwiller, France, in 1834 or 1835, at the same 

 time he obtained the Rostiezer, which we have already described. It 

 first fruited in his collection in 1841, and he briefly noticed it in the 

 Magazim of Horticulture, for 1842, (vol. viii. p. 58;) and subsequently, 

 we fully described and figured it in the same work, as above quoted. 



From the Pomological Garden, scions have been disseminated, and, 

 for four or five years, it has fruited in several amateur collections, fully 

 maintaining its high character. 



Of its origin, we have no information. Until within a few years, its 

 name has been confined to the Catalogue of Messrs. Baumann, and we 

 have not succeeded in finding any account of it, by pomological writers, 

 previous to that of Mr. Manning. It is probably a seedhng, produced 

 by some of the Flemish cultivators, and introduced into their collection. 

 The tree is of vigorous and healthy growth, of upright habit, regular 

 in form, and the foliage is conspicuously large, glossy and handsome. 

 The wood, as it acquires age, has a somewhat cracked and rough ap- 

 pearance, similar to the Van Mons Leon le Clerc, though in a much 

 less degree. It possesses the desirable characteristics of coming early 

 into bearing, growing freely either upon the quince or pear stock, and of 

 producing abundant crops. The shape of the tree and color of the 

 wood somewhat resemble the Seckel ; and we have received a number of 

 trees from France, for the latter variety, which have proved to be the 

 Saint Andi'e ; but whether this error is general, we have no opportunity 

 of knowing. 



Tree. — Vigorous, upright, and regular in form, the lateral shoots 

 maldng a gentle curve upward ; annual wood moderately stout. Young 

 trees in the nursery branch near the ground. 



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