NEW PEARS. CLASS II. AUTUMN. 153 



medium size ; brownish color, and roundish form ; of 

 excellent flavor ; ripe in October. The tree bears well. 



. 136. *SUMMER / FRANCHREAL. Pom. Mag. p. 1 06. 



GROS MICET D'ETE. Ib. FRANCREAL D'ETE". DieVs Pom. 



FONDANTE. Knoop's Pom. FRANCE CANNEL. Ib. 



TREBLE'S BEURRE ? MILAN BLANC, of France. 

 Rather large, turbinate, pale yellowish green ; the stalk 

 short and thick; the flesh white, firm, juicy, buttery, melt- 

 ing, rich, and excellent. The tree is a great bearer. The 

 fruit ripens in August. The tree grows compact; the 

 young wood is downy ; the leaves also are downy beneath. 

 A fine, productive variety. 



V 137. *SURPASSE MARIE. [E.] 



PITT'S PROLIFIC MARIE. 



For the account of this new fruit I am indebted to Mr. 

 Lee, of Hammersmith. The Surpasse Marie Louise was 

 raised from the seed of Marie Louise, by Mr. Pitt. It is 

 large, and very oblong, somewhat in form of the Bosc, or 

 Calabash-formed, and covered with brown yellow russet; 

 melting, and of fine flavor. Yet in fine quality it does not 

 surpass the Marie Louise, but is a prodigious bearer, even 

 more so than that variety. In England the Marie Louise 

 bears prodigious crops, as with us, but is sometimes liable 

 in that climate to be cut off by late spring frosts; but 

 never so with us. It ripens in October here. 



138. SUPERFONDANTE. Thompson. 



Of medium size; form obovate; of a pale yellow color; 

 very beurree, of excellent flavor, resembling the White 

 Doyenne. It ripens in September. 



139. ^THOMPSON'S. Thompson. Rivers. 



A new Flemish fruit, and so named by the London 

 Horticultural Society, for Mr. Robert Thompson. Of 

 medium size, obovate form; pale yellow; remarkably 

 juicy, with a high flavor, exceedingly rich, resembling the 

 Passe Colmar, but ripening in November. 



224. TOUGARD. Bon Jardmicr. 



Large and beautiful ; oval ; of a deep yellow color, 

 washed and striped with saffron red ; flesh white, very fine, 

 very melting ; juice abundant ; sugary, high flavored, 

 excellent, but not perfumed. Ripe in September. New ; 

 introduced from Belgium to the environs of Rouen by 

 M. Tougard. 



