376 THE PEAR. 



DELICES D'HARDENPONT DU NORD AND BELGIUM. 



Fondante Pariselle du Cornice Horticule, \ Beurre Curtet, tfA. Leroy. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, pyriform, yellow, gray spotted ; calyx ; small ; 

 flesh, coarse, melting, sugary, "good." October. Promises to become 

 valuable. 



DBS NONNES. 



Poire des Nonncs, | Beurre de Brignais, | Des Nones. 



Foreign. New. Fruit, medium, turbinate, clear light yellow, many 

 small brown dots ; stem, long, slender : calyx, small, closed ; basin, shallow , 

 flesh, whitish, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed; "very good,' 7 perhaps 

 "best." September. 



DEUX SOEURS. 



A fine tree, very productive. Fruit, large, elongated, pyriform ; skin, 

 green, spotted with dark brown ; flesh, fine yellowish, green, buttery, very 

 sugary, with a decided flavor of almonds. November. (Al. Pom.) 



DE BAVAY. 



Poire de Bavay. 



Foreign. Succeeds and bears well on quince or pear stock. Fruit, 

 medium, turbinate. dull yellow, dotted and traced with russet ; calyx, large, 

 open; flesh, juicy, agreeable sub-acid; "very good." October, November. 



DELICES CHARLES VAN MONS. 



Delices de Charles. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, medium, pyriform ; skin, fine, lemon yellow, 

 thinly washed with russet, quite like the Golden Beurre, which it also re- 

 sembles in size and shape ; stalk, an inch and a quarter long, inserted 

 without depression ; calyx, small, open, and placed in a narrow and shal- 

 low basin ; flesh, melting, vinous, juicy, and refreshing. 



DELICES DE MONS. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, pyriform, uneven surface ; stem, half-inch long ; 

 calyx, small ; skin, yellowish green in shade, russet in sun, dotted and 

 spotted with gray; flesh, yellowish, melting, juicy, perfumed; "very 

 good." September, October. 



DE SORLUS. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous; branches, straight, erect, compact; wood, 

 yellowish, grayish white dots ; free bearer. Fruit, large, turbinate ; stem, 

 one side, short, curved ; calyx, small, closed ; color, yellowish green, gray 

 russet, marbled most at stem : flesh, white, melting, juicy. October, 

 December. 



DlCKERMAN. 



Dikeman, | Pardns, No. 2. 



From New Haven, Conn. Good grower and bearer, medium, roundish 

 oblate, yellowish, minute dots; steari, short, curved, fleshy at insertion; 

 calyx, small; segments, persistent; basin, shallow, uneven : flesh, whitish, 

 buttery, juicy, melting, vinous, perfumed; core, small ;" very good." 

 September, October. 



