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Gansel's late Bergamot. 



Foreign. An new variety recently introduced, very much resembling the 

 preceding, except its period of maturity being extended into December. It 

 is also said to have less color in sun, and the flesh entirely free from granu- 

 lations. Tree, vigorous, and productive on the pear root. 



Gansell's Seckel. 



Medium, oblate, rough, uneven ; yellow, with thin russet : stem, short, 

 stout, inserted in a broad, shallow cavity; calyx, closed; basin, abrupt; 

 flesh, coarse, aromatic : ''very good." November. 



General de Lourmel. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium size, resembling Doyenne ; skin, greenish, 

 irregularly spotted and dotted with russet ; flesh, delicate, juicy, melting, 

 sugary. Ripening in November. (Leroy's Cat.) 



General Taylor. 



Native of Maryland. The tree supposed to be the original one grows 

 near Baltimore, and is 25 or 30 years old. 



Size, under medium ; form, turbinate, obscurely pyriform, broad at the 

 crown ; color, cinnamon russet, becoming fawn on the exposed side ; stem, 

 inserted into a very small cavity; calyx, partially closed, set in a broad, 

 not very deep, furrowed basin ; core, medium ; seeds, dark brown, ovate, no 

 angle at the obtuse end ; flesh, yellowish white, granular, becoming but- 

 tery and melting, but somewhat gritty at the core ; flavor, as high as the 

 Seckel, aroma, delicious ; quality, " best." November. (Ad. Int. Rept., 



Gerardin. 



Fruit, medium, roundish, somewhat irregular ; skin, yellow, with many 

 spots and patches of rough russet, and a reddish tint towards the sun ; flesh, 

 coarse, buttery, astringent, granular, tolerably good. September. 



Gideon Paridante. 



Foreign. Fruited with us this year for the first time. Fruit, medium, 

 obovate pyriform, yellowish green, with brown red cheek in sun, and 

 marbled red russet over surface ; stem, one and a half inch long, angularly 

 planted, with a lip one side ; calyx, open, narrow segments : basin, shallow ; 

 core, medium ; flesh, white, melting, sugary ; " very good," nearly " best." 

 Last September and October. 



Glory of Combrone. 

 This variety we have fruited several years upon the pear stock. It is a 

 fine grower, healthy and hardy, and deserves extensive cultivation. Fruit, 

 above medium, or nearly large, oblong pyriform, regular ; skin, yellowish, 

 mostly overspread, marbled and dotted with warm brownish yellow russet ; 

 stem, i inch long, moderately stout, and planted in a slight cavity ; calyx, 

 medium size; segments, open, reflexed ; basin, medium depth, regular; 

 flesh, whitish yellow, granulated, almost buttery, melting, juicy, abounding 

 in saccharine, high-flavored, delicious ; core, small ; seeds, nearly black 

 oblong pyriform acuminates. Twentieth September to tenth October. 

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