880 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



russet ; very buttery, melting, juicy, rich, sweet. — Oc- 

 tober. Belgium, 



Dc Ton^rcs (Duran'deau). — Large, long-pyriform ; 

 pale yellow, with cinnamon-russet, which becomes red 

 ou the sunny side ; flesh melting, juicy, vinous, sugary, 

 rich. — Mid- Autumn. France. 



Dix. — Large, long-pyriform ; deep yellow, with more 

 or less of russet ; flesh juicy, sugary, melting, slightly 

 perfumed, — Mid to late Autumn. Massachusetts. 



Doctor Lindley. — Medium, obovate-pyriform; yellow, 

 with slight russet; melting, sweet, perfumed. — Novem- 

 ber, December. France. 



Duchesse d'Orleans (St, Nicholas, etc.). — Above me- 

 dium, long-pyriform; yellowish-green, with sometimes 

 a red cheek; flesh melting, juicy, slightly aromatic. — 

 Early Autumn. France. 



Due de Brabant (B. de Waterloo, Fond ante des 

 Charneuse), — Large, pyriform; greenish, with crimson- 

 red in the sun; flesh very juicy, buttery, melting, vinous. 

 — Mid to late Autumn. Belgium. Tree vigorous, hardy, 

 and productive. 



Edmonds. — Large, roundish-pyriform, with a very 

 long stalk; yellow, or straw-color, with occasionally 

 bronzed-red in the sun; flesh fine-grained, buttery, 

 melting, sweet, with a peculiar and very agreeable aroma; 

 quality Variable, especially on young trees, — Early Au- 

 tumn. New York. Tree a remarkably strongs uj) right 

 grower, and an abundant bearer. 



Euj^ene Appcrt. — Medium, roundish-oblate; greenish- 

 yellow; flesh melting, sweet, with flavor of Gansel's Ber- 

 gamot. — Mid- Autumn. France. Tree moderate grower 

 as a standard, does not succed so well on the quince. 



Fondantc de Bihorel. — Described as follows: "of me- 

 dium size or below; melting and good; one of the best 

 eariv pears. '* France. 



