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Pomological Notices. 



Caen du France. — {Fig. 4.) Received some years since, 

 from Dr. Van Mons. Fruit obovafe : medium size ; stem 



Fig. 4. Caen du France pear. 



about one inch long, inserted in a slight depression ; calyx 

 open, in a shallow basin ; skin rough, russet, sprinkled with 

 darker russet spots, with patches of light yellow, also 

 sprinkled with reddish dots, occasionally appearing under 

 the russet ; flesh tender, juicy and sweet, with a flavor like 

 that of the Winter Nelis, but the flesh of the Nelis is more 

 melting. 



The whole pear considerably resembles, in outward ap- 

 pearance, the Gray Doyenne, but the russet of the skin is 

 rougher. In perfection in January, but will keep till the end 

 of February. 



Dunmore. — Although the specimens produced the last sea- 

 son leave no doubt of its correctness, they did not come to 

 such perfection as to enable us to judge of their quality. 



