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well when at an age sufficiently mature, and the fruit is 

 about the size and shape of the French St. Germain, and by 

 some considered equal to that and the St. Michael in fla- 

 vour. It is yellow on one side, and red on the other, and 

 ripens near the same time as the St. Michael. It is fre- 

 quently called at Boston "L'Epergne," and has in conse- 

 quence been supposed by many to be the French fruit of that 

 name, until I detected tire error, and explained it in my last 

 Catalogue. 



30. English Red Cheek. This pear, cultivated at Rhode- 

 Island under the above name, whence it was brought to 

 Long-Island, is a bell shaped fruit, of a beautiful yellow co- 

 lour, with a red cheek. It is not quite as large as the St. 

 Michael or Virgalieu, but is considered a very fine fruit, 

 and bears well ; it ripens in September. 



61. Rushmore's Ben Chretien. This is a native pear of 

 very large size, and one of the greatest bearers. The growth 

 of the tree is particularly strong and rapid, and it soon ar- 

 rives at mature bearing. When ripe it is a pale yellow, 

 with a red cheek. The fruit is breaking when ripened on 

 the tree, but becomes buttery when matured in the house. 

 It is considered but a tolerable table fruit, but when this is 

 taken in connexion with its being a most excellent pear for 

 cooking, and ripe at a season when few other pears are so, 

 and producing very abundantly, it may be considered as one 

 of the most useful pears in a general view ; it ripens in suc- 

 cession, from the end of August to the end of September. 



78. Spanish Bon Chretien. This is a good winter pear 

 for baking or preserving; it is not so large as the common 

 Pound Pear, but when ripe changes to a yellow, with a red 

 cheek, which gives it a much finer appearance for a market 

 fruit, and it is also more delicate, and possesses less of the 

 roughness and astringenc)rt>f the former ; keeps till April 

 and May. 



73. Pound Pear. Thiaris one of the largest pears known, 

 and on vigorous trees, in good soil, attains to an immense size. 

 They are green, with a red cheek, when one side is exposed 

 to the sun ; they are good pears for baking or preserving^, 

 and become much better towards spring than when gathered 

 from the tree ; keeps till May. 



141. Turkish Bon Chretien^ or B. 71wrc.-^-This is the 

 most beautiful of all the Bon Chretien pears, and the largest 

 in size. It is also said to be superior ta them in flavour, al- 

 though it partakes of the general characters of that class. 





