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exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticuhural Society in the 

 autumn of 1845. It is entirely new, and does not appear to 

 have been known to any pomological writer, neither do we 



Fig. 16. Comtesse de Lunay. 



find the name in any catalogue in our possession. We learn 

 from Mr. Wilder that he received it from Orleans, in France, 

 with other new sorts, in 1841 or '42, and the tree produced a 

 few fruit, for the first time, in 1843; and last year it bore in 

 sufficient quantity for exhibition. 



Few pears possess the beauty, combined with great excel- 

 lence, of this variety; too often the fairest looking pears are 

 of very inferior quality ; and, as a general rule, indifferent 

 looking sorts are among the finest fruit, — such, for instance, 

 as the Fondante d'Automne, Glout Morceau, Beurre d' Arem- 

 berg, Ne Plus Meuris, &c. &c. The Comtesse de Lunay will 

 compare with the most beautiful pears, — even with the Forelle 



