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Cadillac, a small town near Bordeaux, in 

 France. Cooker, h, late; /, Dec-April. 



Charles Ernest, raised by Mr. Ernest 

 Baltet, of Troyes, France, sent out in 

 1879. 6, mid. ; /, Nov. -Dec. 



CoLMAR d'ete, a seedling: raised bv Van 

 Mons in 1820. h, mid. ; /, early Sept. 



CoNSEiLLEUR A LA CouR, raised by Van 

 Mons, named in honour of his son, 

 Councillor at the Court of Appeal, 

 Brussels, it fruited in 1840. is said to do 

 well on chalk, h, early; /, Nov. 



Crawford, an early Scotch pear, grown 

 over the whole extent of the country. 

 /, mid. Aug. 



Doyenne d'ete (Gift of Summer), an 

 early seedling of Van Mons, raised about 

 1800. Somewhat self-fertile. h, early: 

 /, July. 



Doyenne du Comice, raised in the 

 garden of the Comice Horticole at Angers, 

 the original tree first fruited in 1849. Self- 

 sterile, h, late; /, Nov. 



Duchesse d'Angouleme, found by M. 

 Anne-Pierre Andusson, nurseryman, in 

 the garden of a farm near Campigne, in 

 Anjou, France. Trees were first sold in 

 1812. In 1820 he sent a basket of the fruit 

 to the Duchesse d'Angouleme, with a re- 

 quest to name the pear in honour of her, 

 a request which was granted, and since 

 that time it has borne its present appel- 

 lation. Is somewhat self-fruitful, h, early; 

 /, Oct. -Nov. 



Easter Bergamot, a very old variety. 

 Switzer mentions that trees of this variety 

 were planted against a wall in Hampton 

 Court Gardens in Queen Elizabeth's reign. 

 /, March-April. 



Easter Beurre, originated in the garden 

 of the Monastry of the Capucins, at Lou- 

 vain, Belgium, soon after 1800, and was 

 first distributed by Dr. Van Mons. h, 

 early; /, Jan. -March. 



Emile d'Heyst, raised by Major 

 Esperen, of Malines, Belgium. It first 

 fruited in 1847, was named after Emile 

 Berckmans, of Heyst-op-den-Berg, who 

 afterwards emigrated to America and 

 became a prominent pomologist in that 

 country, h, mid. ; /, Oct. -Nov. 



Flemish Beauty, discovered by Dr. Van 

 Mons in the Village of Deftinge, in 

 Flanders in 1810. He brought the variety 



into notice by distributing grafts among 

 his friends. Self-fertile in America. 

 Ii, mid. ; /, Sept. 



Fondante de Thirriot, raised by MM. 

 Thirriot Freres, nurserymen, at Charle- 

 ville, Ardennes, France. Found to be a 

 good market pear at Pershore. 6, mid. ; 

 /, Nov. -Dec. 



FoRELLE OR Trout Pear, an old German 

 variety, some 200 years old, supposed by 

 Dr. Diel to have originated in Northern 

 Saxony, h, early; /, Nov.-Feb. 



Gansel's Bergamot, said to have been 

 raised from seed of Autumn Bergamot by 

 Lieut.-General Gansel at his seat, Donne- 

 land Park, near Colchester. Self-sterile. 

 1), late; /, Oct.-Nov. 



General Todleben, raised by M. Fon- 

 taine de Gheling, of Mons, Belgium, in 

 1839, named after the gallant Russian de- 

 fender of Sebastopol. Occasionally self- 

 fertile, h, late; /, Nov. -Dec. 



Glou Morceau, raised by Abbe Nicolas 

 Hardenport, at Mons, between 1730-60. 

 He also raised Passe Colmar and Beurre 

 Ranee, probably by artificial cross fecund- 

 ation, h, late; /, Dec. -Feb. 



Jargonelle, an old favourite, but it is 

 not known when it was first introduced 

 into this country. Brought from France. 

 Believed to be one of the oldest pears ; was 

 in cultivation before 1600. h, early; /, Aug. 



Josephine de Malines, raised by Major 

 Esperen, of Malines, in 1830, and named 

 in compliment to his wife. &, late; /, Jan.- 

 May. 



Le Lectier, raised by M. Leseur at 

 Orleans, France, named after the famous 

 pomologist, who in 1628 was cultivating 

 some 260 varieties of pears, h, late; /, 

 Dec. -Jan. 



Louise Bonne, an old French Pear, 

 originated in Poitou, on the property of 

 a lady whose Christian name was Louise. 

 /, Nov.-Dec. 



Louise Bonne of Jersey, raised at 

 Avranches about 1788 by M. Longueval. 

 h, mid. ; /, Oct. 



Marie Louise, raised in 1809, by Abb6 

 Duquesne, of Mons, and named in honour 

 of Marie Louise, the consort of Napoleon. 

 Self-fertile, h, late; /, Oct.-Nov. 



Olivier de Serres, raised by M. Bois- 

 bumel, of Rouen, about 1847, and named 



