Or, Descriptions of New Fruits. 



369 



must recommend this pear for every collection. Its pro- 

 ductiveness, beauty, and good qualities, are sufficient to 

 entitle it to a prominent place in the fruit garden. 



17. Beurre' d'Amalis. Hort. Soc. Cat. 2d and 3d Edition. 



Among the new Belgian pears, few are superior to the 

 Beurre d'Amalis {Jig. 33) ; of large size, good form and 

 rich flavor, it is scarcely excelled by any of the varieties 

 which ripen at the same season (September.) Mr, Man- 



Beurri d' Amalis Pear. 



ning, in his article in our Magazine, describing new pears, 

 (Vol. YI. p. 89), states that he received the scions from the 

 London Horticultural Society ; he first fruited it in 1839, 

 subsequent to the publication of his Book of Fruits, and 

 our drawing is from a specimen furnished us by him in the 

 fall of 1841. We have the present year seen considerably 

 larger specimens, and rather more elongated, than our en- 

 graving, although ours was the largest among a dozen fruits. 

 The variety, however, does not, unless under very excellent 



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