138 Pomological Notices : 



work above quoted. The name is included in the London 

 Hort. Soc. Catalogue^ but without any remarks, though 

 Lindley states that it was " one of those cuhivated in the 

 Chiswick garden as an open standard."' Only three fruits 

 ripened with us, as the tree is yet small ; but these were 

 sufficient to judge of its merits, which are first-rate. 



Size medium, two and one half inches long, and two 

 inches in diameter: Form obovate, inclining to pyriform, 

 terminating at the stem with a fleshy protuberance : Skin 

 smooth, uneven, light yellow, with considerable russet on 

 the sunny side, the surface covered with brownish points : 

 Stem short, three quarters of an inch, stout, inserted ob- 

 liquely by a fleshy junction with the fruit: Eye rather 

 large, open, and sunk in a very contracted cavity : Flesh 

 yellowish white, fine, melting, juicy and rich : Flavor 

 musky, perfumed, and delicious : Core medium size : 

 Seeds large. Ripe in October, and keeps into November. 



6. Beurrf/ Bosc. London Hort. Society's Catalogue. 

 Hd edition. 



Calabasse Bosc, ^ 



Beurrt- d'Yelle (of some), f London Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Marianne Nouvelle, t 3d Edition. 



Bosc's Flaschenbirne. ^ 



No pear of late introduction stands higher than the Beurre 

 Bosc {Jig-7, p. 139). Of large size, handsome appearance, 

 and first-rate qualities, it promises to be one of the best pears 

 of its season. Mr. Manning has fruited itfor four or five years, 

 and the last season in fine perfection. Our drawing is from 

 a specimen of 1842. Mr. Thompson has described this 

 variety in the Gard. Chronicle for 1842, p. 868, where he 

 states that the tree is vigorous and produces its fruit singly 

 — that is, not in clusters from the same bud, as with most 

 kinds; on this account the trees have the appearance of 

 having been thinned. The flowers of this variety, Mr. 

 Thompson also remarks, are remarkable for the long ellip- 

 tical form of the petals, so narrow that they do not touch 

 each other when expanded. 



ySize very large, four inches long and three inches in 

 diameter : Form, pyramidal or pyriform, round at the 

 base, suddenly contracted above the middle, and from thence 



