162 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDlST. 



blotches ; flesh whitish, firm, very juicy, but a little gritty 

 at the core. A beautiful and fine variety. Ripe in Novem- 

 ber, and will keep till March. It grows well on the quince. 

 171. ICKWORTH. Mr. Knight. [E.] 



" Melting, rich, rose-flavored." March and April. This 

 new pear was originated by Mr. Knight, and scions were 

 sent by him in February, 1823, to Mr. Lowell and the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Society. 

 {/172. JEAN DE WITT. 



A very productive, new fruit, melting and fine. It keeps 

 till a late period in winter, At Mr. Wilmot's I found this 

 to be one of his main winter kinds. Mr. Thompson ob- 

 served, that " the Jean de Witt is somewhat allied to 

 the Glout Morceau, but inferior, in point of flavor, to that 

 excellent fruit : yet it keeps longer, and is certainly deserv- 

 ing of cultivation." 



173. JOSEPHINE. 



POIRE D'AUSTRASIE* SABINE of the French* 



JAMISETTE of some, according to Van Mons. 

 This new Flemish pear is of large size; flesh melting, 

 juice sugared, and flavor excellent. It ripens in winter. 

 The tree is beautiful. Mr. Thompson calls it a good 

 bearer, and nearly first-rate. It does well on the quince. 



174. LA FOURCROY. Van Mons. Nouvcau Cours 

 Compkt cf Agriculture, Vol. xn. p. 132. 



MARVEILLE DE LA NATURE. 



Fruit oval, two and a half inches in its transverse diame- 

 ter ; skin yellow, spotted ; stalk strong ; eye little sunk ; 

 flesh yellowish white at maturity, melting, slightly acid, 

 excellent. It ripens in January. Figured PI. 86 of the 

 Annales generates des Sciences. Raised by Van Mons. 



175. *LEWIS. [A.] 



This valuable pear originated on the farm of Mr. John 

 Lewis, in Roxbury, Mass. The size is medium ; form some- 

 what globular ; the stalk long ; the skin dark green and 

 coarse ; the flesh whitish, very melting, juicy, and excel- 

 lent. It ripens by the middle of November, and may be 

 kept till February and March. The tree, when loaded, 

 droops like the willow. This new and excellent pear is a 

 very great and constant bearer ; it is productive to a fault, 

 and possesses the valuable property of hanging on "the 

 tree to a very late period ; and is highly deserving of cul- 

 tivation. This fruit sells very high in winter in the market. 



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