1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DESCRIPTIONS AND FIGURES OF TWO FINE PEARS. 



Thb FoRELLB or Trout Pbar. — This is the 

 ForclUnbrine of the Germane, and Poire Trvite <»! 



the French, one of the most beautiful and at the 



same time one of the most excellent of pears, and so 

 distinct in the coloring of the fruit and the appear- 

 ance of the tree as to distinguish it at the first glance 

 from a thousand sorts. For four or five years past 

 we have had it bear every year, and the more we 

 see and know of it, the more we admire it. It was 

 described and figured in Hovey's Magazine of Aug- 

 ust, 1847, and the description is so excellent that we 

 choose it instead of giving onr own description, as 

 giving additional authority on the subject. We 

 must remark, however, that the size of Mr. Hovey's 

 and Mr. Downing's cuts are rather larger than we 

 find it on an average. It is always a trifle below me- 

 dium with us. 



The ForeM» is, without doubt, the most beautiful pear 

 which has ever been produced, and would deserve cultiva- 

 tion for its appearance only, if it were even a second rate 

 pear. But it stands almost as high for its excellence as for 

 its beauty. Dr. Diel, in his Pomology, speaks of the Forelle 

 as competing with the best French varieties, and Mr. Thomp- 

 son states that it "merits his eulogium in all respects." 



The Forelle takes its name from the resemblance of its 

 beautifully speckled skin to the Trout, and, in the French 

 collections, it is generally called the Truite pear. When 

 the fruit is produced in perfection, it is deeply colored with 

 vermilion, and profusely covered with grayish russet dots, 

 which are margined or rayed with crimson. The tree grows 

 very rapidly, more resembling, in the color oi the wood, 

 which is of a rich violet red speckled with grayish white, an 

 apple than a pear: young shoots woolly: leaves, roundish 

 ovate. It is very productive, and grows either; upon the 

 quince or pear stock. 



Mr. Manning, who described it among the many kinds 

 which lie proved in his collection, (Vol. in. p. 49,) stated 

 that with him it had not come up to the character given it in 

 the Pom. Mag., but we suspect he had not produced it under 

 favorable circumstances. Our drawing is from a specimen 

 produced in the collection of Mrs. Heard, of Watertown, in 

 1846. and, in beauty jis well as quality, it was a first-rate 

 fruit. Where the locality is unfavorable as a dwarf or 

 standard, we would recommend it as deserving a wall or an 

 espalier. 



Size, large, abo. t two inches in diameter, and three long. 

 Form, oblong obovate, regular, rather the largest in the mid- 

 dle, and tapering to an obtuse point at the stem: Skin, fair, 

 smooth, dull yellow in the shade, broadly shaded with ver 



milion on the tunny ride, and beautifully speckled whhgray- 

 i-li dots, which arc deeply margined with crimson Stem, 

 rather *hort. :ili<ntt three (|u:irierH of an inch, slender, nearly 

 straight, and obliquelj inverted in a small, shallow, contract- 

 ed cavity, with a swollen lip or projection on one sidi 

 medium size, partial!} open, moderately sunk in a small mid 

 rather abruptly depressed basin, si gnu nts of the calyi broad 

 and. closed up, little reflexed: Flak white, eerj fini grained, 

 buttery, melting andiuicy: Flavor, rich, sprightly, vi\ 

 slightly perfumed and excellent Core, medium size Beedt, 

 medium size, nearly black. Ripe in November, and fre- 

 quently keeps till January. 



Mr. Downing in his Fruits and Fruit Trees says 

 — "It fully sustains its high foreign reputation 

 with us." 



Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau. — This is a large 

 and fine pear of the first quality, quite rare yet in 

 American collections. We imported it from France 

 in 1846. In France and Belgium it is considered 

 one of the best pears, and is invariably included in 

 the smallest and most select assortments. From 

 what we have seen of it here, we have not the least 

 douhj; but that it will prove equally fine in this country. 

 The tree is rather slow in growth, but upright and 

 exceedingly prolific, even to a fault. The young 

 wood is reddish, bearing considerable resemblance 

 to that of the old Brown Beurre, but the habit of 

 the tree is different. Our tree is on a quince stock. 



The fruit is large and somewhat irregular in forms 

 some quite pyriform, as the Bartlett, and othere 

 more obtuse, like a Beurre Did, while others ars 

 rounder still. We think the annoxed cut represent; 



the most ordinary form. The skin is covered with a 

 rich cinnamon russet, and usually a faint tinge of red 

 on the sunny side. Stalk stout, about three-fourths 

 ot an inch, inserted in a slight cavity, frequently 

 under a fleshy knob. Eye small, in a shallow cavity. 



