154 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



141. TRIOMPHE DE LOUVAINE. [J.] 



A new and very superior fruit, of medium size, melting 

 and fine, and ripening at Paris in October. 



142. *URBANISTE. 



BEURREE DO Roi of some. 



A new and most superior variety, raised by the Comte de 

 Coloma, of Malines. The fruit is rather large and oblong; 

 pyramidally ovate; very regular; the eye slightly de- 

 pressed ; the stalk an inch long, moderately and obliquely 

 sunk ; color pale green, inclining to yellow, small gray 

 patches of russet dispersed over its surface; the flesh 

 white, but reddish yellow next the core, which is large 

 and a little gritty; it is quite melting, juicy, and very 

 sweet, with a little perfume. This variety was sent by 

 Mr. Knight to the Hon. John Lowell in 1823, and has 

 been by him liberally disseminated. It proves, with us, 

 one of the very finest and most valuable of autumn pears. 

 It ripens the middle of September, and keeps till December. 

 A tree imported from France, in 182*2, by John Prince, 

 Esq., of Roxbury, under the name of Beurre du Roi, and 

 on a quince stock, has proved a most excellent bearer, 

 and a very first-rate fruit. The tree, the leaf, and the 

 fruit, are evidence that it is no other than the Urbanistc ; 

 its legitimate title having been suppressed in France, and 

 a new one usurped in honor of Charles X. 



144. *WASHINGTON. [A.] 



A medium-sized native pear, of an oblong form, much 

 compressed towards the stalk ; very melting, and of deli- 

 cious flavor. Thus it is described by Mrs. Griffith, of 

 Charlieshope, New Jersey, who has sent this variety to 

 Mr. Parsons. Autumn. The fruit produced by Mr. 

 Lowell and Mr. Manning, is fine, 



146. WHITEFIELD. Thompson. 



Middle-sized, oblong; of a brown or yellow color; 

 beurree and excellent. The tree is a great bearer. Oc- 

 tober and November. 



147. *WILLIAMS EARLY. [A.] 



This new variety originated on the farm of Aaron Davis 

 Williams, Esq., in Roxbury, Mass., and is stated to be a 

 good bearer. It is rather below the medium size ; turbi- 

 nate; the color yellow, with a deep blush next the sun; it 

 is melting, juicy, and exceedingly fine-flavored. The tree 

 is a good bearer. September, 



