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tion of seeing the fruit, last season, and it proved to be the 

 old Leon le Clerc of Van Mons. But what appeared remark- 

 able, was the fact, that a tree received at the same time, in 

 the same invoice, and from the same nursery, under the 

 name of Poire de Boulogne, proved to be the true Leon le 

 Clerc. Now if, as has been stated, (VI. p. 47,) the whole 

 stock was put into the hands of M. Langlier for sale, in 1838 

 and '39, before it was known to the trade in France, how 

 could Mr. Mamiing receive it from Van Mons as the Celes- 

 tin ? and how should we receive a two-year grafted tree 

 imder -the name of Poire de Boulogne, when the true Leon 

 le Clerc was not known? Unless M. le Clerc gave away 

 scions long before he offered it for sale, it would seem that 

 this pear could not have originated with him, but might have 

 been one of Dr. Van Mons's seedlings, scions of which were 

 so freely distributed to his friends, of whom M. le Clerc was 

 one, before the fruit was named. The third synonyme above 

 quoted, was discovered in the collection of our correspondent, 

 Mr. Wilder, last season. The tree was received from France 

 in 1839 or '40. 



The experience of two seasons, in our climate, has sus- 

 tained its previous reputation, and proved it a first rate fruit, 

 ripening freely, bearing quite early and very abundantly, of 

 the largest size, and coming in just after the early autumn 

 sorts, between the Marie Louise and the Beurre Diel. The 

 tree is of moderately vigorous, nearly upright growth, with 

 yellowish olive wood, speckled with round, grayish white 

 spots, and very smooth, rather narrow leaves. The bark of 

 the old wood has a rough and crackled appearance, similar to 

 the t7nie Burgomaster. It succeeds very well on the quince. 



Size, large, about four and a half inches long, and three in 

 diameter : Form, obtuse pyramidal, nearly regular, largest in 

 the middle, tapering to a slightly obtuse point at the stem : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellow, becoming orange when ma- 

 ture, little russeted at the base of the stem, slightly browned 

 on the smmy side, and regularly sprinkled with russet specks : 

 Stem, medium length, about one inch, curved, and obliquely 

 inserted, little on one side, in a very shallow cavity : Bt/e, 

 large, open, rather deeply inserted in an open and slightly 

 ridged basin : segments of the calyx long, pointed, and so 



