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of October, and bearing well as a standard. The fruit is middle-sized of a 

 fine clear cinnamon colour, fading into yellow in the shade ; the leaves are 

 oblong and much folded; the wood is clear, of a reddish brown colour. 



60. The White Doyenne Pear. Avery old and excellent pear, with middle- 

 sized fruit of a pale citron yellow colour, sprinkled with cinnamon ; the 

 leaves are lanceolate and folded together ; and the wood is of a bright 

 chestnut colour. 



No. XVI. for Febniary, contains 



61. The Chancellor Peach. A capital sort. Leaves crenated with reniform 

 glands ; flowers small, reddish ; fruit large, oval, with a very distinct channel 

 on one side. The name originated in a nursery in the north of England. 



62. The Scarlet Pearmain Apple. A valuable table fruit, ripening in Sep- 

 tember and keeping till January. Wood weak, light chestnut colour with 

 small brown spots. Leaves taper-pointed, doubly serrated, with slender 

 stalks, and small linear-lanceolate stipules. Fruit middle-sized, conical, 

 of the true pearmain form {Jig. 41 .), known in some places as Bell's Scarlet. 



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65. Longville's Kernel Apple. From Herefordshire, of considerable merit, 

 though but little knoun. In perfection from the middle of August to the 

 middle of September, and a great bearer either as a dwarf or standard. 

 Wood slightly' downy ; leaves ovate-oblong; and fruit middle-sized, oval, 

 with a firm flesh, yellow, perfumed with a rich pleasant sweet subacid juice. 



64. The Passe-Colmar Pear. From its ripening late, bearing most abun- 

 dantly eitlier as a standard or against a wall, and possessing a peculiarly rich 



