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green, but brownish red next the sun; the flesh whitish, 

 melting, and full of delicious juice, sprightly, and of first- 

 rate excellence. The tree is a great and constant bearer j 

 and although growing in an uncultivated pasture, it has 

 produced annually fourteen bushels of fruit. Season, mid- 

 dle of September. 



79- DELICES D'HARDENPONT. 



A new and fine Flemish fruit, raised by Counsellor 

 Hardenpont, of Mons. The fruit is over medium size, or over 

 three inches long and two and a half broad ; oblong, pyrami- 

 dal, swollen beyond the middle, compressed towards the 

 stalk ; its surface rather uneven, or knobby ; the stalk an 

 inch long, stout, curved, obliquely inserted in a narrow 

 cavity ; skin pale yellow, partially covered with cinnamon- 

 colored russet ; flesh yellowish white, beurree, abounding 

 in a sugary, slightly astringent, somewhat musky, and per- 

 fumed juice. Ripe in October. The tree is a good 

 bearer. 

 V'sO. DELICES DE JODOIGNE. [J.] 



A new fruit, of medium size, melting and excellent ; 

 ripening at Paris in November. 



V'81. DELICES VAN MONS. [J.] 



Melting and excellent ; a new fruit, of medium size, 

 ripening at Paris in November. 



V'Sa. *DIX. Mr. Downer. [A.] 



This very fine native pear originated in the garden of 

 Madam Dix, in Boston. It sprung from the seed about 

 1812. The tree is of medium vigor; the young wood is 

 thorny. It is very productive. The fruit large, oblong; 

 the skin rough, thick, green, but yellow at maturity, with 

 a fine blush on the side exposed to the sun ; the stalk 

 short, and situated on its summit; flesh melting, juicy, 

 rich, and of fine flavor, and is thought to be even superior 

 to the St. Germain. It ripens from the middle to the last 



" of October, and bids fair to be one of our very best autumn 

 pears, for its beauty, fine flavor, and productiveness. 

 83. *DR. HUNT'S CONNECTICUT. J. Prince, Esq. 

 The scions of this pear were received of Dr. Hunt, of 

 Northampton, who received it from a friend in Connecti- 

 cut, without a name. " The tree is of uncommonly vig 

 orous growth, and a great bearer. A beautiful pear, of a 



