396 THE PEAF 



LlEUTANANT POxiKVlN. 



Foi'cigii. Fruit, of large size, resembling in color Glout Morceau : sKin, 

 yellow, netted and spotted with rus?et ; flesh, white, juicy, half melting. 

 Ripe from February to April. (Lcroy's Cat.) 



LiMON. 



No. 8 of Van Mons, | Beurre Ilaggenton. 



Foreign. This promises to take a first-class rank. Tree, moderately 

 vigorous; shoots, long, slender, reddish brown. Fruit, above medium, obo- 

 vate roundish, yellow, with faint red cheek : stem, rather short 3 basin, 

 shallow; flesh, white^ melting, juicy, nearly '• best." August. 



Locke. 

 Locke's New Beurrd. 

 American, From West Cambridge, Mass. Fruit, medium, roundish 

 obovate, yellowish green, spotted with shades of darker green and russet ; 

 stem, medium ; calyx, small, half closed ; flesh, greenish white, juicy, vin- 

 ous ; "good." November and December. 



Louis Dupont. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous and beautiful, promises to be fertile. Fruit, 

 sufficiently large, sometimes in the form of Doyenne, but ordinarily longer 

 and more turbinate ; skin, smooth, dull green, passing to yellow at matu- 

 rity, strongly shaded with fawn russet, sometimes striped and marbled ; 

 flesh, white, half fine, melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. A fruit of first 

 quality, ripening towards the end of October. (An. Pom.) 



Lycurgus. 



A variety originated by Geo. Hoadley, Esq., of Cleveland, from seed of 

 the Winter Nelis, collected from fruit grown on a Winter Nelis tree in 

 close proximity to a tree of Martin Sec. The fruit has outward form, and 

 russet yellow skin, closely resembling the Martin Sec, and its texture melt- 

 ing and juicy and sprightly, as the Winter Nelis, but with the sweet saccha- 

 rine of the Martin Sec. 



Fruit, below medium, generally oblong pyriform, occasionally oblong 

 obovate pyriform ; color, rich dull yellow, overspread with brownish yellow 

 russet; stem, usually three-fourth inch long, slender, set without depres- 

 sion, and one side a slight lip; calyx, large in proportion to the size of 

 fruit, open ; segments, connected ; basin, shallow ; flesh, yellowish, hard, 

 and of breaking texture, until fully ripe, when it becomes melting, juicy, 

 and extremely sweet, with a spicy, sprightly, and slightly vinous charac 

 ter : core, compact ; seeds, large ; capsules, close. January. 



Madame Eliza, 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, wood stout. Fruit, large, pyriform : skin, 

 smooth, bright green, and becomes almost yellow at maturity ; flesh, rosy, 

 fine, buttery, melting, abounding with sweet juice, very agreeably perfumed. 

 November. (Al. Pom.) Excellent in Belgium, promising well here. The 

 tree is hardy, but has an awkward, rather crooked, and declining habit, 

 and very narrow leaves. The young shoots are olive gray, 



