O/-, Descriptions of New Fruits. 363 



Mr. Manning states that it is the " first good pear which 

 ripens." The tree is of flourishing and vigorous growth, 

 and is remarkable for its erect and handsome form. It is 

 also an abundant bearer, producing fruit every year. Mr. 

 Prince states that the tree appears to be more afliected by 

 fire blight than any other variety, and attributes this to its 

 vigor and profusion of sap. But since it is now well as- 

 certained that the blight is caused by an insect, we think 

 this objection will no longer apply. It grows well either 

 on the quince or pear stock. 



Size, medium, two inches long and one and three-quar- 

 ters inches in diameter : Form, obovate, largest about one- 

 third from the eye, and tapering gradually to the stem : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, pale green, becoming yellower as it 

 matures, and occasionally, but not often, having a brown- 

 ish tinge on the sunny side, with a few specks of russett 

 scattered at, and around, the base of the stem : Stem, very 

 long, one and three-quarters of an inch, slender, smooth, 

 brownish-green, inserted on the side of a small protuber- 

 ance : Eye, small, in a slightly depressed, furrowed cavity : 

 Flesh, yellowish white, melting, and very juicy, with a 

 little grit at the core : Flavor, delicate and pleasant, with- 

 out much perfume : Core, rather large : Seeds, black. 

 Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. Our 

 drawing is from a specimen furnished by our correspond- 

 ent, Mr. O. Johnson of Lynn. 



We have followed the Catalogue of the London Hort. 

 Soc, 2d and 3d Ed., in calling it the Citron des Carmes. 

 It is said to have the name of Madeleine, from its ripening 

 about the period of the fete de St. Madeleine. Among 

 some of our nurserymen, and in many private gardens, it 

 is cultivated under the name of Green Chisel, quite a dis- 

 tinct fruit. 



14. Jargonelle. Hort. Soc. Cat., 1st, 2d and 3d Ed. 



Epargne. Prince's Fom. Man., Coxe, and French autliors, 



Grosse Ciiisse Madame, ^ 



Beau Present, 1 r\r. -n u -i. 



Saint Lambert, Of French writers 



Saint Samson, j and gardeners. 



Poire des Tables des Princes, j 



Sweet Summer, ? tt . o /-f j oj j 



Frauenschenkel, \ H"^*' ^^^^ <^«'-' ^^ ^^' 



Real Jargonelle. Fess. Am. Gard. 



Lady's Thigh. Forsyth's Treatise. 



