164 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST, 



saccharine quality of the fruit. The tree grows vigorous- 

 ly, and bears abundantly. Its season January. Early in 

 1841, I introduced the true Monarch for the first time. 

 y 179. NE PLUS MEURIS. Thompson. 



A fruit of medium size ; roundisli ; of a brown color, 

 russeted ; beurree and excellent. November to March. 

 One of the best of late pears. The fruit is not handsome, 

 but very fine, and the tree is a very first-rate bearer. 



180. NEWTOWN VIRGALIEU. M. [A.] 



The tree grows very crooked, bending by the weight of 

 its fruit. A large pear, of a yellow color, with a very short 

 stalk. A middling fruit only for the table, but an excel- 

 lent baking pear. A most extraordinary bearer, and recom- 

 mended for extensive cultivation. 



181. *PASSE COLMAR. 



FONDANTE DE PANisEL, > of Van Mons, according to Pom 



PASSE COLMAR EPINEUSE, $ Mag. 



BEURRE COLMAR DIT PRECEL. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



FONDANTE DE MONS. Thompson. D'ANANAS. Ib. 



COLMAR HARDENPONT. Ib. MAROTTE SUCRE JAUNE. 

 A most superior new pear, raised by Counsellor Harden- 

 pont, at Mons. This variety was sent by Mr. Knight to the 

 Hon. John Lowell, in 1823, and has been by him liberally 

 disseminated. The fruit is middle-sized, conical, flattened 

 at the crown ; the stalk an inch long, moderately thick, 

 slightly sunk ; the skin at maturity yellowish, sprinkled 

 with russet, stained with red next the sun ; the flesh yel- 

 lowish, melting, beurree, juicy, very rich, and most excel- 

 lent. With us, near Boston, it is not only a most delicious 

 variety, but also wonderfully productive, as fully proved. 

 Ripening from Nov. to Jan. By pruning out half the fruit 

 spurs, Col. Wilder has proved that the fruit will then grow 

 large, becoming more delicious, nor will its quantity be 

 materially diminished. 



182. PENGETHLEY. Knight. Thompson. [E.] 

 New, originated by Mr. Knight. Of large size, and val- 

 uable, as described by him; form obovate; color yellow, 

 obscured by brown russet ; not perfectly beurree, but it 

 keeps well, or till February. 



183. PETRE. [A.] Philad. Hort. Trans. Col. Carr. 

 This native fruit is " large, fair, melting, and of delicious 



flavor. It ripens in September, and keeps till late in win- 

 ter." " The tree was planted by the elder John Bartram, 



