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NEW ENGLAND FARMER, 



Aug. 24, 1831. 



as on horticiiltmal objects ; and with justice an- 

 ticipates by the success of the former, more expen- 

 sive and widespread benefits from the latter. 



As the list of fruits received will be interesting 

 to many wb anne.x it hereto. It will be perceived 

 that some of the varieties had previously reached 

 us, but the renewal of them from so undoubted a 

 somce is a matter of high interest. 



Very respectfully, Wsi. 1'ri.nce & Sons. 



List of new varieties of Pears transmitted by 

 Prof. Van Mons to the Messrs Prince. 

 Henri IV. 



Arenberg, 

 Beurr6 bronze, 



. — Curtet, 



d'hyver, 



i ranee, 



Diel, 



Bonnet beurre, 



Belle alliance, 



Bakpeer, 



Bosc, 



Bosc d'6te, 



Brandes, 



Bis iMarie Louise, 



Bezi de Louvain, 



Bonchretien d'Espagne 



fondante, 

 Capucine Van Mons, 

 Clara, 



Crommen boom, 

 Delbec, 

 Des veterans, 

 Doyenne de Mons, 



gris. 



Dingier, 



D'Amandes double, 

 Dillen, 

 Dumortier, 

 Delice d'Ardompont, 

 De bruyn, 

 Du |)arrain, 

 Fleur de neige, 

 Fondante des bois, 

 Gros bruyn. 



Henri Van Mons, 



Henkel, 



Innomiue, 



Jubin, 



Leon Le Clerc, 



Louis ed Prusse, 



Marie Louise, 



Marie Louise nova, 



Maree, 



Mabille, 



Napoleon, 



Navez, 



Nicl, 



Nouvelle cire, 



O'ken d'hyver, 



Pastorale, 



Pailean, 



Poir Duval, 



Passe Colmar, 



Ramean, 



Rousselette Sutin, 



de Meester, 



Van Mons, 



Spoelberg, 



Spenoe, ' 



Sabine, 



Sentelet, 



Serrurier, 



Spreenn, 



Urlianisie, 



Williaum, 



Wui-tcmberg 



Also— No. 541— 60S, 609, 757, 887, 896 

 1001, 1125, 1175, 11.52, of his catalogue being 

 choice unnamed varieties. 



FRUITS. 



Mr Fessende.n, — .As this is the season for the 

 Green Gage to ripen, I take the liberty to call the 

 attention of the cultivators of this delicious fruit, 

 to a fact that is, I believe, not generally known, 

 and which has occasioned much discussion among 

 gentlemen who suppose themsi-lves acquainted with 

 this fine j)hini. Cultivators of fruits have for an 

 hundred years past, and ujiwards, employed much 

 of their time in discussing, and endeavoring to fix 

 correct and true names to fruits which have fallen 

 under their observation. The celebrated Duliam- 

 el du .Monccau has perhaps done more to accom- 

 plish this object than any other individual whatev- 

 er ; and ever since the publication of his great 

 work on Fruit Trees in 176S, he has been acknow- 

 ledged throughout Europe as the best, (and of 

 course a standard,) authority, so far as he had 

 published his opinions on these points. 



My object in making- this communication is to 

 correct a common error that prevails among hor- 

 ticultural gentlemen here, who frequently mistake 

 the ' Petite Reine Claude' for the Green Gage ; 



and the most effectual means perhaps of correcting 

 this error is to give Duhamel's description of the 

 two fruits — the ' Grosse' and the ' Ptlite Reine 

 Claude.' — Nothing can be more desirable among 

 cultivators of fruit then a correct nomenclature, 

 as it prevents the grafting of one fruit ibr an o.her, 

 anil of course prevents, not only a great loss of 

 time which necessarily elapses before the errjr is 

 discovered, but saves the cultivator much expetise ; 

 and much vexation wheji he ascertains that his 

 labor has been in vain. — Indeed nothing is nore 

 important in this branch of horlictdture, an! he 

 who contributes most effectually to this oliject nay 

 be said to have rendered the greatest service to 

 the Fruit Garden, and the lovers of good fruk. 



The case I have cited is one out of a hunlred 

 where mistakes have crept into publications and 

 reports on the subject of the names of fruis — 

 but by the attention and caution of some of the 

 leading members of your society it is to be hqied 

 that the evil of misnaming fruits will in afewyiars 

 be corrected. 



I have been informed with much pleasure that 

 Ge.n. Deareor\ means to make a comnninicaion 

 relative to the new sorts of Pears which have bien 

 given to the world by the persevering care and in- 

 dustry of the celebrated ' Van Mons'. — The pans 

 which General Dearborn has taken to (pen and 

 maintain a correspondence with some of the mjst 

 distinguished horticulturists of Europe, does hm 

 great credit, and must be highly beneficial to tie 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, of which lie 

 is most deservedly the Head; and if industry, in- 

 telligence, and urbaidty (properties which enunent- 

 ly belong to this gentleman) have their usual sic- 

 cess, he cannot fail to be, if he is not already, rlie 

 Soul also. — I do not mean however to detract ttom 

 the merits and iisefulneso -f oilier omccrs of tiiat 

 respectable Society, many of whom I know i-os- 

 sess information and diligence that are highly 

 honorable to themselves ami beneficial to the com- 

 mon cause in which they have engaged : — but I 

 mean to say that I ilo not think they could have 

 sliown their wisilom and good sense in a stronger 

 point of view than they have done in the choice 

 of Gen. Dearborn as their President. 



If I am rightly informed, this gentleman has re- 

 ceived direct from Prof. Van Mons, a catalogue of 

 all his best fruits, with sketches of some of the 

 most distinguished sorts, accom|ianied with a;cu- 

 rale descripliims of each from the pen of the cul- 

 tivator himself — Hero then there can be no nis- 

 take as to names, and when, as I understant we 

 have a right to expect, this distinguished horticul- 

 turist shall have sent out scions of each sort, "vith 

 their name affixed to each, it will be our own iiiult 

 if we do not preserve them distinctly. — If a lor- 

 tion of each kind should be inlriisted to your ac- 

 tive member Mr Manning of Salem, whose in- 

 telligence and accuracy in this department is veil 

 established, it may be the most certain meani of 

 keeping the several species from being bletded 

 with other sorts, and thereby hand them dowi to 

 prosterity with their legitimate names. 



August 22. A CCLTIVATOF. 



Subjoined are a few of the distinguishing cha- 

 racteristics of the trees, Grosse aud Petite Riine 

 Claude, together with the descriptions of the fi'uit 

 of each tree. 



Grosse Reine Claude. — This fruit is called ilso 

 — ' Dauphine,' ' Abricot Vert,' and ' Verte home,' 

 — this is the true 



Green Gage. 



The shoots of this tree are thick, and their 

 bark brown and smooth, a little reddish on the 

 sunny side, towards their extremities, and green 

 opposite. 



The buds are meilium size, and near together, 

 but their shoulders are very large and projecting. 



The fruit is large, round, a little depressed at 

 both ends. 



The stalk medium size — is set in a pretty deep 

 cavity. The furrow which divides this fruit is 

 scarcely perceptible, the fruit being flatted on this 

 side. It is subject to crack if it rains much when 

 it is ripe — they are most esteemed in this state. 



The skin adheres to the flesh — it is thin, green, 

 spotted with gray, lightly tinged with red on the 

 sunny side. 



The Jlesh is a yellowish green — very fine, deli- 

 cate melting. 



The Juice is abundant, sugared, and of an ex- 

 cellent flavor. 



The stone adheres partially to the flesh — it is 

 the be^t of plums. 



Petite Reine Claude. 



The shoots of this tree are more slender than 

 those of the Grosse Reine Claude ; they are dark 

 red next the sun, and green opposite. 



The buds are long — very much pointed, and 

 lie nearly flat on tlie branch — the shoulder is large-. 



The leaves are smaller than those of the Grosse 

 Reine Claude. 



Tlie/rui7 is medium size, round, flatted particu- 

 larly at the end next the stalk, and with a deeper 

 furrow than that of tiie Reine Claude. 



The skin is tough — of a whitish green, covered 

 with a very white powder. 



Tlie /Zcs/i is white, firm, rather dry — soinctimes 

 melting, but rather coarse. 



Thejiiicc is sweet — but les,s flavored than th» 

 Grosse Reine Claude — sometimes a little acid. 



The stone never adheres to the flesh — it is es- 

 teemed a good fruit although inferior to the Grosseo 

 Reine Claude. 



MR COKE OF NORFOLK— THE GREAT 

 ENGLISH FARMER. 



The New York Empiirer, after complaining- 

 that this distinguished member of the English' 

 commonalty should, as report says of him, accept 

 a peerage, adds some menioranda of his enterprise 

 and success as an agriculturist. The state- 

 ments, we jirestirne, are substantially, if not per- 

 fectly correct, as they correspond to what we have 

 learned from other sources. — Christian Ren;isler. 



A good deal has l)een said lately in our papers, 

 about the cost of elections in England ; perhaps the 

 case of Mr Coke may not be generally known : as 

 we never see it mentioned, we suppose this to be 

 the case. His last contest for Norfolk cost him 

 £75,000, or about $350,000, and once it cost hint 

 £90,000, or about 8375,000, including exchange. 



But how can he endure such enormous expen- 

 ditures — and what is the object really worth ? As 

 we are apt to measure worth in this country, the 

 object is worth just nothing at all, being productive 

 only of further and considerable expense, without 

 emolument or profit. Wealthy men, however, in 

 that country as in this, love power, and are wil- 

 ling to pay for it ; love to lay out their money on 

 something — no matter what — which other people 

 cannot aff"ord. Hence the geometrical ratio in 

 which diamonds are estimated ; hence the value 

 of a white elephant in the East, even to a moa- 



