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Art. IV. Pomological Notices : or notices respecting new and 

 superior fruits, worthy of general cultivation. Descriptions 

 and engravings of six varieties of pears. By the Editor. 



We have the pleasure of now offering a continuation of 

 our descriptions of new pears. The favors of our corres- 

 pondents have not allowed us this opportunity sooner ; and at 

 the present time we are compelled to omit some prefatory re- 

 marks which we had intended to offer, in regard to some of 

 our engravings, until our next article. 



37. Beurre' Diel. Hort. Soc. CcU. 



Diel, 



Diels Butterbirne, 



Dorothee Royal, 



Grosse Dorothee, 



Beurr6 Royal, 



Des Trois Tours, 



Beurre d'Yelle, (of some,) 



Gros Dillen, 



Dillen, 



De Melon, 



Melon de Kops. 



Beurr6 Spence, (of some) 



Beurre Magnifique, 



Beurre Incomparable, 



Sylvange verte d'hiver, 



Mabille, 



Fourcroy Bouvier, Thompson, in Gard, CAron., 1845. 



According 

 to 

 Hort. Soc. Cat, 

 3d. Ed. 



I or 



some collections. 



It would be of much service to cultivators, if pomological 

 writers could agree upon some system for classing the season 

 of fruits. Some pomological writers call the Beurre Diel a 

 winter, while others consider it an autumn, pear. That accu- 

 rate writer, George Lindley, in his Guide to the Orchard, 

 classes it as a winter fruit, and Mr. Kenrick, in his Orchard- 

 ist, so classes it : while Mr. Downing, in his Fruits and Fruit 

 Trees, places it among the autumn pears. This fine variety 

 generally ripens the latter part of November and the begin- 

 ning of December, coming between what may be truly classed 

 as fall pears and those denominated winter ; perhaps, there- 

 fore, it should be classed among the former, keepmg, as it 



