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161. CARDINALE. N. Dull. PI. 62. [P.] 



POIRE D'AMIRAL of M. Hervey. ADMIRAL. 



A superb, oblong pear, of a pyramidal form, with a well- 

 rounded base ; yellow in the shade, but beautiful red next 

 the sun; flesh white, half-melting, coarse-grained, very 

 juicy, sweet, and agreeable. It keeps till March. It is 

 eminently beautiful, and deserves to be better known. 

 73. *COLUMBIA. 



New, large, and very beautiful ; roundish or pyrami- 

 dally ovate ; bright yellow at maturity ; of excellent quality. 

 The tree a constant and good bearer, as abundantly proved 

 by Col. Wilder and others near Boston, and by him recom- 

 mended for extensive cultivation. It ripens in December 

 and January. An American fruit. 



i f , 162. *CLION. Vilmorin. [P.] or LE CURE. 

 POIRE MONSIEUR LE CURE, LE CURE, ) of French 



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BELLE DE BERRI, DUMAS, PATER NOTTE, ) logues. 



cata- 



VICAR OF WINKFIELD, > erroneously of some English and 

 BOURGMESTRE, ) Americans. 



A new fruit, which lately originated in France. It was 

 first discovered by a curate in the woods of Clion, canton 

 of Chatillon-sur-Indre, where the original tree was still 

 standing by last accounts. In size very large. I have seen 

 them weighing over a pound ; but in central France speci- 

 mens have been raised on espaliers from eight to nine 

 inches long. Form very oblong, pyramidal, tapering to 

 the stalk, where it is obtuse; color green, changing to 

 yellow in winter, bright red next the sun ; beurree, very 

 juicy, agreeable, and good. The largest beurree winter 

 pear known ; one of the most beautiful ; a constant and 

 very great bearer ; calculated for very extensive cultivation. 

 The fruit keeps till January, but in some seasons till April. 

 By mistake, Mr. Thompson has adopted an English and 

 falsified name, calculated only to confound. Vilmorin is 

 my authority ; and his the highest in France. 



Monsieur Vilmorin, by whom this new fruit was intro- 

 duced to Paris, in 1823, from the place of its origin di- 

 rect, has published its history in the Annals of Horticul- 

 ture of Paris, and he has stated that its proper name should 

 be Clion, in honor of the curate of Clion, a name identified 

 also with its origin and place ; Poire Monsieur, or Le 

 Cure, being neither of them proper names, but fugitive 

 titles only ; how liable to be misapplied, or falsified and 

 transformed ! Vide " Vicar," and " Winkfield" and 



