Descriptions of /Six varieties of Pears. 289 



The Paradise d'Automne is supposed to be of French ori- 

 gin, and was received, we believe, from England, through Mr. 

 Kenrick, who brought scions with him on his return from 

 Europe in 1840 and '41. The very correct account he has 

 given of it in the Orchardlst, we presume he received from 

 Mr. Thompson. We esteem it very highly. Mr. Manning 

 states that it is "much more" vigorous than the Beurre Bosc, 

 and Mr. Kenrick, that it produces "great crops;" and we 

 can add that it is of more delicious flavor than the Bosc — 

 qualities which will render it a most desirable pear in the 

 most limited collection of fruit. 



The tree is of very vigorous growth, with upright shoots, 

 which afterwards become straggling and pendulous ; the wood 

 is of a deep reddish brown shade, distinctly covered with 

 very large whitish gray specks. 



Size, large, about three and a half inches long and two 

 and a half in diameter : Form, pyriform, slightly irregular 

 and uneven, large and full in the middle, above which it is 

 little contracted, tapering to, and ending obtusely at the stem : 

 Skin, shghtly rough, dull yellow, profusely covered with 

 bright russet, thickest on the exposed side : Stem, long, about 

 one and a half inches, moderately slender, uneven, brown, 

 with pale russet specks, and obliquely attached to the fruit 

 by a fleshy, and oftentimes wrinkled, base : Eye, rather large, 

 open, moderately inserted in a much furrowed basin ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx long, reflexed : Flesh, yellowish white, 

 coarse, buttery, melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, 

 perfumed and delicious : Co)-e, small : Seeds, medium size, 

 very long and pointed. Ripe in September, and will keep 

 two or three weeks. 



The great resemblance of this variety to the Beurre Bosc 

 has induced some cultivators to think they are synonymous ; 

 they are, however, quite distinct in shape, as well as in leaf 

 and wood. The form of the Beurre Bosc is more regular 

 than the Paradise d'Automne, the latter often having the 

 knobby appearance peculiar to some of the Bon Chretiens. 



50. FoNDANTE Van Mons. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



This fine pear is well known in the vicinity of Boston, 

 from the very handsome specimens which have annually been 

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