NEW PEARS. CLASS II. AVTUMN. 151 



honor of Mr. Neill. Ripe in September, and lasts during 

 October. The tree is a great bearer. 



16. *PRINCESSE D'ORANGE. Pom. Mag. 



PRINCESSE CONQUETTE. Thompson. 



The fruit is roundish turbinate, the size of the White 

 Doyenne, (St. Michael ;) the skin bright reddish orange 

 russet; flesh yellowish white, sugary, and rich; in some 

 seasons, perfectly melting, but occasionally a little gritty. 

 From its great beauty, as well as the good quality of the 

 fruit, this variety is highly recommended to notice,, as a 

 valuable autumn pear, ripening in October. Raised by 

 the Comte de Coloma in 1802. Fine with Mr. Man- 

 ning. 



127. PRINCE'S ST. GERMAIN. [A.] 



Raised by William Prince, Esq., proprietor of the Lin. 

 Botanical Garden, Flushing, from the St. Michael and St. 

 Germain. The fruit is rather large, oblong, regular in 

 form ; yellow, covered with thin russet ; melting, and of 

 excellent flavor. It ripens in autumn, and will keep till 

 winter. The tree is said to bear well. 



128. REINE DES POIRES. Thompson. 



Large, obtusely pyramidal ; color yellowish green, but 

 red next the sun ; flesh breaking and good. September 

 and October. The tree is a great bearer. It does not, 

 however, merit its name. 



129. QUEEN OF THE LOW COUNTRIES. 



RKINE DES PAYS BAS of Van Mons. 



A new variety, received from Van Mons, and described 

 by him as " beautiful, and beyond dispute the most perfect 

 of all pears." The tree grows branching, pendulous. The 

 fruit is very large, swollen at the crewn, obtusely pyram- 

 idal ; the stalk of medium length; the eye small, in a 

 deep cavity; color fine dark red next the sun, yellowish 

 green, with patches of russet, in the shade ; flesh white, 

 very melting, excellent. Early in October. 



130. *SAINT GHISLAIN. 



* This variety was raised in Belgium by M. Dorlain. A 

 very superior fruit, of medium size ; pyramidal or turbinate 

 in form ; the stalk on its summit, and fleshy ; pale green 

 changing to pale yellow ; flesh juicy, beurree, rich, saccha- 

 rine, peculiar, and very delicious. Ripe from the middle 

 of September to end of October. The tree bears very 

 abundantly. Introduced by S. G. Perkins, Esq. 



