NEW PEARS. CLASS II. WINTER. 163 



176. L'OKEN D'HIVER. Van Mons. Nouveau 

 Cours Complet d Agriculture, Vol. xn. p. 132. 



Fruit oval, a little lengthened ; its transverse diameter 

 five inches ; stalk short ; eye sunk in a cavity ; skin of a 

 clear yellow, washed with fawn color ; flesh white, melting, 

 pleasant, perfumed, excellent. It ripens in March, Bosc* 

 114. *MOCCAS. Thompson. [E.] 



New and very superior. Originated by Mr. Knight. 

 The tree bears most abundant crops, as before observed of 

 all of his. Size medium to large ; form obovate ; brown- 

 ish next the sun, pale in the shade ; flesh beurree, juicy ; 

 flavor resembling and almost equals Knight's Monarch 

 distinguished praise. December its season. 

 27. MOLLETT'S GUERNSEY CHAUMON- 

 TELLE. Thompson. [E.] 



New, originated by Charles Mollett, Esq., of Guernsey. 

 Middle sized, somewhat pyramidal ; stalk remarkably 

 fleshy at its junction; the eye in a shallow depression ; the 

 surface uneven ; yellow, obscured by iron russet, or russet 

 stripes ; flesh yellowish, very melting, buttery, with a very 

 rich chaumontelle flavor. It ripens in winter. It grows 

 well on the quince, and bears abundantly. 



178. *MONARCH. Knight. Thompson. [E.] 



New, originated by Mr. Knight, and so named by him 

 in honor of William IV., also from the full conviction that 

 for the climate of England it stands unrivalled. "The 

 Monarch" says Mr. Knight, in his letter to Mr. Lowell, 

 " in my estimation and that of many others, is without a 

 rival as a dessert fruit, of a high musk flavor. This, and 

 the Althorpe Crussanne, will not be excelled by any other 

 variety in your climate. Both grow rapidly and bear 

 abundantly." By mistake, the kind first sent by Mr. 

 Knight, hither to Mr. Lowell, and also to the London 

 Hort. Soc., with wood red and thorny, proved wrong, as 

 himself with deep regret has since confessed. Of this fact 

 I was informed by Mr. Thompson, who has proved and 

 thus described the true kind : Oblong, tapering towards the 

 stalk, where it is obtuse ; stem remarkably short and thick ; 

 the eye open, in a shallow depression; color yellowish 

 brown, tinged with red next the sun ; covered with nu- 

 merous gray flecks ; flesh yellowish, melting, buttery, and 

 rich ; slightly musky, which in dry seasons is lost in the 



