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NEW 



dessert pears. Specimens from the Island of Jersey hare 1 

 been seen weighing twenty-two ounces. The form i 

 roundish, oblong, tapering towards the stalk, with an ex- 

 tremely uneven surface ; the st&lk and* eye deeply sunk ; 

 skin dull yellow, covered with broad russet patches; the 

 flesh rich, melting, very juicy and high-fl'avoired, with a 

 most agreeable perfume. With us, the tree 1 bears very 

 early, and abundantly; and equally well on the quince or 

 pear stock ; some of the fruits weighing a pound. It 

 ripens the last of October, 



I 87. *DUNMORE. Thompson. [E.] 



New; of large size ; of quality excellent; its productive- 

 ness very great and unsurpassed, and the 1 more valuable, 

 coming as it does between the Williams Bon Chretien and : 

 Marie Louise^ arxf when large and good pears are scarce. 

 The fruit is oblong or ovate, from four to frve inches long, 

 and three inches broad ; the eye small, open, rn a shallow 

 cavity; stalk one to one and a half inch, fleshy at it* 

 junction, oblique; brownish red next the sun ; yellowish, 

 with brown specks, and partially covered with brownish 

 russet, in the shade; flesh yellowish white, beurree, of rich 

 flavor; equal or superior, according to Mr. Thompson, to 

 the old brown beurree, antl the most melting of its early 

 season. The tree grows vigorously^ comes early into bear- 

 ing, bears abundantly, and the blossoms resist frosts which 

 destroy other varieties. One of the finest of all the new 

 pears originated by Mr. Knighf, and thus proved at the 

 garden of the London Hort. Sbc. to the latest date. 

 89. EYEWOOD. Thompson. [E.] 



New, and, according to Mr. Thompson, one of the three 

 most valuable of all originated by Mr. Knight. Of medi- 

 um size ; oblate form ; skin rwssetted ; beurree, excellent. 

 Ripe in October. The tree vigorous, hardy, very produc- 

 tive. It has proved good in years when others failed. 



|/90. FIGUE DE NAPLES. Thompson. 



Large, oblowg, of a brown color, but red next the sun ; 

 beurree and excellent. The tree is vigorous. Nov. [Oct. ?] 



91. FONDANTE DES CHARNEUSE. [J.] 



A new, medium-sized fruit, melting and excellent. This 

 fruit ripens at Paris in September. 



92. FONDANTE VAN MONS. Thompson. 

 Middle-sized, roundish; of a pale yellow color ; juicy and 



excellent, November. [October ?] 



