120 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



brandy and for drying. Last of August. The tree is pro- 

 ductive, (q.) 



AH MON DIEU! My God Pear! (q.) Poire d' Aban- 

 donee. Nouv. Cours Comp. 



Valuable only for its productiveness. (Q.) (*) 

 Fix OR DE SEPTEMBER. Pine Gold of September. 



Beginning of September, (q.) 



FONDANTE DE BREST. Liconnuc Chciicau. (Q.) 



6. EPINE D'ETE. Summer Thorn. Green Catharine. 

 Rather small, tapering to the stalk, which is long ; the 



eye even with the surface ; of a green color, covered with 

 dark, russety blotches : the flesh is breaking, of a very 

 musky flavor. The tree is very productive. Late in 

 August, (q.) 



?- > OIRE FJGUE. 



BON CHRETIEN D'ETE. GracioU, Summer Bon Chretien. 

 Of great size and beauty, and only esteemed on this ac- 

 count. The tree is a bad bearer, and cankers ; the fruit 

 often blights, and soon rots at the core, (q.) 



ORANGE TULIPEE. - Striped Orange. Tulip Pear. Vil- 



laine d'Anjou. (Cl.|) (q.) 

 BERGAMOTTE D'ETE. Summer Bergamot. Milan dc 



Beuvrierc. (Q.|) (84) (q.) 

 BERGAMOTTE ROUGE. Red Bergamot. 



The fruit is rather small, short, turbinate, pale yellow, 

 but red next the sun ; tender, melting, juicy, sugary, high- 

 flavored. August, (q.) (M.) 



7. *VERTE LONGUE. Mouille Bouchc. Long Green 

 Mouth-water. 



The fruit is rather large ; form varying from pyramidal 

 to turbinate; the skin smooth, of a dark green color; the 

 flesh melting, of a sweet, rich, and pleasant flavor. It 

 ripens the beginning of August, and is a most excellent 

 fruit ; the tree bears abundantly every year. We are per- 

 suaded that this is not identical with that described by 

 Duhamel. 



^R. 4.] BEURRE. Brown Beurre. Beurre Gris. 

 Beurre Dore. Beurre Rouge. 



Rather large; obovate, tapering towards the stalk; 

 greenish yellow, covered with thin russet, but occasionally 



