AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



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[Fertile .New Engliml Farmer.] 

 V.VIiUABIiE DONATIONS OP NEW FKl'lTS.^ 



AIr Editor — It may not be forgotten, tliat 

 iriiicr tlic summer of 1S3I, a valuable donation 

 " scions of many new kinds of Pears, of un- 

 )ulned excellence, was sent by Professor Van 

 onsof Louvain in Belgiuai, to the iVJassacliu- 

 tts Horticultural Society. Unfortunately, these 

 Dre delayed in a protracted route through Paris 

 d France, and never arrived to America till 

 iigust, and then though evidently in a ruined 

 ndition, every art, every exertion, was essayed 

 save them, but in vain, for their destruction 

 IS total. 



The next year, or in 1832, another consignment 

 scions of more than a luindred and twenty 

 w kinds of Pears, was sent by Dr Van Mous, to 

 3 same Society, together with some sheets di- 

 :t from the press, of certain publications having 

 'ereiice to them. The letter to Gen. Dearborn 

 leeJ came, as directed, but the donation of the 

 w kinds of fruit, and the publications which 

 2ompanied them, were utterly lost, and never 

 ived at their destination, no intelligence con- 

 ning their fate could ever be obtained. 

 At a later date, application was made to Dr 

 n Mons, by Mr Robert Manning and myself in- 

 'idually, for the renewal of these same kinds 

 lich had been sent by him in the former dona- 

 n to tlie society ; also for some other new and 

 ebrated kinds which had been described either 

 him or by M. Bosc, in the celebrated Nouveau 

 urs Complet D'Agriculture; and through his 

 tinguished liberality and philanthropy, scions of 

 lumerous list of new varieties which are de- 

 ibed as of first rate excellence, have been sent 

 us, during the years 1834 and 1835. More than 

 lety named kinds have thus been received, most 

 all which are new to our country and most all 

 ; now living, and growing. Besides these, 

 ons of many other new, and as yet unnamed 

 ids were sent, near seventy of which are also 

 uig and growing. All these last are designated 

 numbers, which according to Dr Van Mons 

 ve been described by him in a volume which 

 s then in j)ress, at the time his last letter was 

 itten. 



Amongst the kinds renewed of those formerly 

 It and lost, we find the ^^ Dearborn" — a fruit, 

 rich according to M. Van Mons, has been pro- 

 imced exquisite by amateurs. It was so named 

 liiui for Gen. Dearborn, now the Adjutant Gen- 

 d of the Commonwealth, and so lately the ex- 

 lent, the indefatigable President of the Massa- 

 usctts Horticultural Society. x^nother new 

 id lias also been sent, which he has called the 

 urre Manning, so named by Dr Van Mons for 

 r excellent friend Mr Manning. And another 

 lich he has named Kenrick for the writer of this 

 ic^e. 

 Besides all these, a few new kinds, unnamed, 



of other species has been received, most of which 

 are alive and doing well. 



During these same years of 1834 and 1835, 

 other donations have been received from the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society, through the liberality of 

 and munificence and by the especial decision 

 the council, to whom our ap|ilication was referred. 

 Most of these are selections of new Flemish 

 kinds which have all been proved in the celebrat- 

 ed garden of their society at Chiswick, and have 

 been noted in their descriptive catalogue of the 

 vast collection of fruits which have there been 

 congregated from all countries, to the date of the 

 volume in 1831. These descriptions are ascribed 

 to Mr Robert Thompson, who is the superintend- 

 ent of this department, and who is so eminently 

 distinguished for his research and knowledge and 

 accuracy on these subjects. 



Some few of the kinds which we have thus re- 

 ceiveii, we had indeed received before, from other 

 and less sure sources, but were anxious to test 

 their genuineness by comparison from these pecu- 

 liar sources, which have now become so celebrat- 

 ed fcr their intelligence and accuracy. 



As to the varieties of apples sent from London, 

 they were a few which by particular reqiiestwcre 

 selected by Mr Thompson, not from among those 

 kinds which succeed best of all in England, but 

 as the most celebrated kinds in the more southern 

 sections of Europe ; these being from the climates 

 more congenial with our own during summer. 



These new and rare additions to our list of 

 fruits, the result of the years of incessant and un- 

 wearied toils of the most scientific cultivators on 

 earth, will enable us shortly, as we trust, to make 

 from them, a new ar.d most superior selection, of 

 a limited number, adapted to our highly favored 

 climate. 



Other donations of a few rare, new and valua- 

 ble varieties have also been received from M. San', 

 an Amateur of Lancaster in the interior of Eng- 

 land. From Dr S. P. Hiidreth of Marietta, Ohio, 

 and from numerous other sources. 



JYcw kinds of Pears received of Professor Van Mons 

 during the years 1834 and 1835. 



•21. Bosc D'Ete 



22. Bianiii)'s St(iermain 



23. Brelagne hCnur, 2 lbs. 

 delicate to cook. ' 



1. D'Arenburg 



2. D'Atnaiides Double 



3. Bakpecr 

 '4. Belle Alliance 

 "5. Bergainotte Libboten 



G. Tardive 



7. Beurre Beauchamps 



8. . ■ Bonnet 



9. Bronze 



10. Duqucsne, very 



early, veryjine 



11. i..eiitin 



*12. Manning 



13 Bezi Blanc 



*14 CrassanneTar- 



dive. 

 "15. de Louvain 



10. du Printeinps 



17. Bois Napoleon 



18. Bon Chretien DEs- 

 pagne 



19. Bon Parent 



20. Bosc 



*24 Calebasse Bauciiau 

 ''2o Marianne 



26 Monsireu 



*27 Verle 



28 Capiaumont 

 **29 Capucine Van Mons 



30 Charles Van Mons 

 *31 Charlotte D'Anvers 



32 Clara 



33 Colmar Gossait 



34 Coier Peer 



"3.5 Crommen Boom 

 3G Curtet 



37 Davy 



38 Dearborn 



39 Delberq 



40 Delices de Charles 



41 de Jodoigne 



42 Dlllell 



43 Doytnne Louis 



44 Doyenne de Mons 



45 Duniorlier 

 40 Dundas 



47 Duparriaii 



48 Enfant Prodi^e 



49 Pigue Extra, not of 

 France 



50 Fleur de Ncige 



51 Fondante des Bois 



52 Fourcroy Bouviqr 



53 Gro3 Bruyn 

 •54 Gros Colmar Van 



Mon=, keeps two years 

 55 llenkel. 

 50 Henri Van Mons 



57 Henriette 



58 Hericart, a production 

 of 1834j and worthy its 

 name. 



59 Innominee 



60 Josepliineor Jaminelte, 

 Sabine of the J'renth. 



61 Jubin 



02 Jutte or Buist 



03 Kenrick 

 64 Leon le Clorc 

 05 Louise de Bologna 



The numerous varieties d 

 here omitted. 



List of Fruits received from the London Horticultural 



Society during the years 18.34 aad 1835. 



Pears. 28 Garnons , j. 



29 Glout Movceau 



30 Grunikovver Winler- 

 birne 



31 Hacon's Incomparable 



32 Hazel 



33 H. iiri auatre 



34 King Edwards 



35 Louise Bonne de Jersey 



36 Monarch (Kni jilt's) 



37 Ne Plus M#uris 



38 Parnientier 

 39* Passans de Portugal 



40 Passa Tnlti 



41 Poire .Sabine 



42 Heine des Poirea 



43 ^"p*'"^^ 



44 Th.Miison's 



45 Tillin;;ton 



46 WbitHeld 



47 \V inter Ciassanne. 



66 Louise Bcmnc Real 

 *67 Louise ed Pru^se 

 08 Madame Verte 



69 Maly 



70 M.irie 



71 Marie Louise 



72 Marie Louise (Bis) 



73 Marie Louise, Nova 

 «74 NapoIoLn 



75 Naver 



76 Niel 



77 OUen D^Ilivcc 



78 Pileau 



79 Poire Limon 



80 Quetelet 



81 Ranieau 



82 Reine des Pays Bas 



83 Rnuseleiie de Meester 

 64 Sucre 



85 Siilin 



86 Van Mons 



87 Santellfite 

 «S8 S.-rrnrier 



89 Spoelberg (Vicomts) 



90 8preiim 



91 Van .^ssene 



92 William. 



93 Wurteniberg 

 ignated by numbers are 



D'Aremberg 



D'Amauhs 



D'Ananas D'Ete 



Alpha 



Autumn Colmar 



Beurre Beauchamps 



Bosc 



Capiaumont 



Crapaud 



Duquesne 



Duval 



Easter 



Van Mons 



Bezi Vaet 



15 Bishop's Thumb 



16 Charles DAutricbe 



17 Colmar Neill 



18 Conile Lany 



19 Delices D'Hardenpont 



20 Duchesse de Mars 



21 Early BergamoUe 



22 Famenga 



23 Flemish Beauty 



24 Fondanle D'Auiomne 



25 Fondante Van Mo'ns 



26 Forme de Delices 



27 Fourcroy 



, The mode adopted by fllr Pilanning for saving 

 these scions, consisted in cleft grafting part of 

 them on thrifty stalks. But part were preserved 

 by crown grafling, which he considers nnicli more 

 sure. Tift scion being prepared for S| licing, by 

 being cut sloping, and the top of the stalk being 

 sawn oft', a slit of about an iii'-h loiig is made 

 from the top of the stalk dottuvvards and the bark 

 being raised the scion Is inserted between the 

 bark and the wood, — and a bandage of matting 

 being applied around the stalk, it is covered with 

 clay or grafting composition. But side grafling 

 Mr Manning has found is .«till more infallible. 

 This is performed in the same manner as in crown 



Jlpples. 



Brabant Belle Fleur 

 CaUille Blanche D'Ete 



Gravinstein 

 Mela Carta 



