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THE GENESEE PARMER. 



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NEW FOREIGN PEARS. 



BY B. DESPORTES, OF ANGERS, FRANCE. 



Poire des Chasseurs. (^The Hunter's or Sportsman'' s Pear.) Fig. 1. — I am not 

 certain where this variety originated, but am inclined to think in Belgium. Fruit, 

 medium size, pyriform, contracted at about two-thirds its height. Stalk, about an inch 

 long, rather stout, and obliquely inserted on the surface. -Ei/e, small, placed in a wide, 

 shallow basin. Skin, green, sprinkled thickly with small dots and large russet patches. 

 Fle^h, coarse, yellowish white, melting, juicy, sugary, perfumed and agreeable. First 

 quality. Ripens in Sept. and Oct. The tree is vigorous, and ita form quite pyramidal. 

 This variety has fruited with us the first time this season. 



Cauet de Vaux Pear. — I am also ignorant of the origin of this variety. It bore 

 here for the first time in 1851. It is an excellent winter pear, and a valuable addition 

 to our present list of varieties for that season. Fruit, large, turbinate, irregular, very 

 large toward the eye, and diminishes abruptly towards the stalk. This is short, stout, 

 and planted obliquely in a deep cavity. Eye, quite large, and almost on the surface. 

 Skin, yellow, sprinkled with patches of russet and washed on the side exposed to the 

 sun. Flesh, fine, melting, a little gritty around the core, yellow, buttery, juicy, sugary, 

 relieved with a slight acidity. Excellent, Ripe in December to February. 



Note, — We insert these notices of new varieties more particularly for the benefit of nurserymen 

 and others who may be engaged in experimental culture. We shall continue, in future numbers of 

 the Farmer, descriptions of such varieties as have been tested in this country, and are adapted to 



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