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148. *WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN. [E.] 



BARTLETT. 



The fruit is large, irregular, pyramidal, or truncated ; 

 the eye on the summit ; the stalk gross- and fleshy ; skin at 

 maturity yellowish,, mixed with russet brown, tinged with 

 red next the sun ; flesh whitish, tender, delicate ; juice 

 sweet, abundant, and agreeably perfumed. It ripens early 

 in September, and keeps till October. The tree grows 

 upright, wood yellow, and the leaf and tree are beautiful. 

 One of the most beautiful, productive, and profitable of 

 its season, and extensively cultivated near London, for 

 the market. Its original being for a time lost, it received 

 its latter name from that of the gentleman who has so 

 liberally and extensively disseminated the fruit, Enoch 

 Bartlett, Esq., of Dorchester, late vice-president of the 

 Horticultural Society of Massachusetts. 



The Williams Bon Chretien originated in Berkshire, 

 England, in the garden of a Mr. Wheeler, in 1796, and 

 was subsequently, extensively propagated by Mr. Williams, 

 near London ; hence its name. It seems capable of sus- 

 taining its good character in a diversity of climates; it 

 flourishes at Malta, and produces equally well on the pear 

 and on the quince, 

 107. YUTTE. 



A variety received of the London Hort. Soc., and since 

 proved. Large, oblong, pyramidal, and handsome ; yel- 

 lowish in the shade, and russetted ; ruddy next the sun ; 

 the flesh tender, juicy, perfumed, and excellent. Ripe in 

 September. The tree bears abundantly. 



SECTION III. 



WINTER FRUIT. 



00. ANGORA. Margat. 



POIRE D'ANGORA. BELLE ANGEVINE, of some. 



New, of enormous size; at Pari some have been raised 



weighing from two to three pounds ; but others, it is stated, 



have weighed near five pounds. Fine red next the sun ; 



yellow in the shade. Not a beurre, but fine for cooking. 



