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first take up the list of pears, and subsequently, from month 

 to month, as our space will allow, devote a few pages to 

 each of the other fruits. 



The society has not, we believe, erased scarcely the 

 name of a single variety enumerated in the 2d edition. But 

 it has adopted the mode of prefixing an to all inferior 

 fruits ; so that a single glance will at once show which are 

 unworthy of cultivation. Had the name been expunged, a 

 novice in fruits, selecting from a nurseryman's catalogue, 

 might order those discarded sorts ; but should he consult 

 this Catalogue, as it now is, as a guide, he would there find 

 at once whether its qualities were inferior, and from thence 

 be better enabled to make up his collection. 



The list of pears occupies nearly forty pages of small 

 type, and those who wish to possess all the information 

 must refer to the Catalogue. Our endeavor will be to select 

 only such information as may be particularly new and inte- 

 resting, more especially in regard to the fruits which have 

 been proved since the publication of the 2d edition in 1831. 

 Where synonyms are enumerated, they are mostly such as 

 have been discovered since 1831. 



[The following abbreviations are adopted. T, table fruit ; K, kitchen ^uit ; S, 

 standard ; W, wall.] 



Alpha. — Pale brown; obovat ; 2nd size ; buttery ; 2nd 

 quality T ; ripens in October, S. A good bearer. 



A7ige. — ^Yellow and brown; turbinate; 3d size ; juicy 

 2nd quality T ; Sept. S. Flesh sugary but not fine. 



Ashton Town. — Yellow, green and brown ; roundish ; 3d 

 size; buttery; 1st quality T; Oct. Nov. S. A good stand- 

 ard pear ; bears abundantly. 



Belle et Bonne. — This well-known fruit continues to be 

 an abundant bearer ; but it requires a good season to bring 

 it to full perfection. 



Bergajnot, Hampden^ s. — Green; roundish; 1st size; but- 

 tery; 2nd quahty T ; Aug. S. Has the character of ahardy 

 blossom. Synonyms : Longueville, Fingal's, Scotch Ber- 

 gamot, Ellanrioch. 



Belle Lucrative. — Pale yellow and red ; roundish ; 2nd 

 size ; crispy ; 2nd quality T ; Oct. S. [This certainly does 

 not seem to be the Belle Lucrative of Mr. Manning, Vol. HI. 

 p. 33 ; and his Book of Fruits, p. 75, which he has des- 

 cribed as "melting, sweet, juicy and fine-flavored." Dif- 



