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TWO FINE FOREIGN PEARS. 



Doyenne Boussock, (Fis?. 1.) — This variety has fruited at Boston for several years, and 

 has acquired there the "highest reputation. It has borne for two seasons with us, and 

 we have no hesitation in ranking it with the best varieties we cultivate. We are 

 inclined to think that it will becoqie a popular orchard variety, for the tree possesses 

 great vigor and 'hardiness, 

 grows rapidly both on pear 

 aiio. ->i^„ince, and bears well. It 

 has been cieK^.,.i})gj {^^ nearly 

 all the pomologica\ ->.,-,rks of 

 recent date and begins now lo 

 attract, what it really merits, 

 considerable attention. Fruit 

 — large, obtusely obovate, re- 

 sembling a very large speci 

 men of White Doyenne ; it 

 tapers very slightly to the 

 stem, where it is broad ; sur- 

 face sometimes uneven, but 

 generally smooth and regular. 

 Color — pale yellow, slightly 

 marked with russet, and ting- 

 ed, on the sunny side, with 

 brownish red. Stalk — short 

 and stout, pretty deeply sunk. 

 Calyx — open, pretty large, in 

 a shallow wide basin. Flesh 

 — yellowish white, melting 

 and juicy, with a rich, vinous, 

 perfumed flavor. Tree — vig- 

 orous, and upright in growth. 

 Wood — yellowish brown, 

 with light specks. Leaves — - 

 large, thick, deep green, glos- 

 sy, and almost flat; they assume, early in autumn, a fine reddish tint, like some of the 

 forest trees. Ripe early in October, and keeps well into November. 



The Duchess of Orleans, (Fig. 2.) — This is another foreign variety proved by succes- 

 sive trials, for a few years past, in various parts of the country, to be of excellent quality. 

 It recommends itself by its beauty, excellence, and productiveness. Fruit — large 

 regularly pyramidal, somewhat resembling in form the old English Jargonelle. Color 

 — pale yellow, slightly marked with light russet and tinged, generally, with light red on 

 the sunny side. Stem — over an inch long, rather stout, enlarged on the end attached to 

 the branch. Calyx — open, set in the surface, without any depression. Flesh — yellowish, 

 melting, buttery, slightly musky — rich and delicious. Tree — moderately vigorous, erect ; 

 young shoots wavy in habit. Young wood — reddish brown, and thickly covered with 

 oblong, gray dots. Leaves — of medium size, flat, and of a peculiar yellowish green 

 color. Last season we had finely ripened specimens, picked green, on the 25th Sept. 

 We had others picked later, about the middle of October. It requires to be picked 

 early and ripened in the house. When left to ripen on the tree it loses its flavor and 

 becomes quite insipid. 



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