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common white tliorn, which, however, are not very 

 patient of transplanting. The French jargonelle is 

 green on one side and red on the other, and is a fruit 

 of inferior quality. 



The Mnanas d'Ete is scarcely noticed by our horti- 

 cultural writers ; but it seems a good variety to suc- 

 ceed the jargonelle. In the Experimental Garden at 

 Edinburgh it ripens on a standard in the second week 

 of September. It is of middle size, about two and a 

 half inches broad, tapering a little, towards the stalk, 

 round at the top, eye small, slightly sunk in a cavity ; 

 red on the exposed side, green, and somewhat russety 

 on the other ; flesh white, melting, with a pleasant 

 sweet juice. Sometimes called King William Pear. 



The Summer Francreal^ or the Yat of Holland, may 

 be noticed as another pear to follow the jargonelle, as 

 it ripens about the middle of September. The tree 

 proves, in general, a great bearer. 



The LongueviUe. — Some very ancient trees of this 

 variety exist at Jedburgh ; and in the garden of the 

 Regent Murray at Edinburgh there are several which 

 apparently are coeval with the times of the Regency. 

 Though the name is now unknown in France, it is con- 

 jectured that the tree was brought over from that 

 country by the Douglas, when Lord of LongueviUe, in 

 the fifteenth century. The fruit is large, of a thick 

 conical shape, green, and of considerable flavor. It 

 ripens in September. 



The G-reen Pear of Yair. This variety is of Scottish 

 origin. The fruit is obovate, green, and of a middle 

 size ; flesh juicy and well-flavored. It is sometimes 

 placed against a wall to succeed the jargonelle ; but it 

 is always better from standards. On old trees, in light 



