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writing of French nurserymen is often so hard to read, that I 

 place more dependence upon the printed catalogues, and Mr. 

 Lee does the same. I find it in the Catalogue of Jamin, for 

 1838, Plombgastel, 1st size, September and October. Oudin 

 Aine, 1841, has it Plombgastel. In his Catalogue for the au- 

 tumn of 1845 and spring of 1846, he has it Plougastel. This 

 last is different from all others, and so different that I think 

 it must be a misprint. Plombgastel appears to me to be the 

 most used, and it is that which I have myself adopted." 



The Catalogue of Jamin for 1843 does not include this 

 name, though Mr. Manning finds it in that of 1838. 



Under the name of Dusnas it has been received by Mr. 

 Manning, as he has stated at page 1.50, where, by some error, 

 we have it " Deasnas." A pear is described and figured in 

 the Pomological Report of the Horticultural Society of Rouen 

 under the name Juzils, which answers perfectly to the Plomb- 

 gastel. 



This variety is a large and excellent pear : not first rate, 

 but possessing a peculiar spicy perfume, which will rank it 

 high among those of second quality. 



Slze^ large, about three inches long and two and a half in 

 diameter : Form, pyriform, regular, large in the middle, 

 slightly contracted near the stem and tapering to a point : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, greenish yellow, faintly tinged with red on 

 the sunny side, regularly covered with greenish russet specks, 

 and peculiarly marked with an irregular circle of russet, ex- 

 tending one fourth the length of the fruit from the base of the 

 stem : Stem, medium length, about an inch, stout, smooth, 

 inserted without any cavity, but having some slight projec- 

 tions around the base : Eye, large, open, deeply inserted in a 

 moderate sized basin ; segments of the calyx, long, reflexed : 

 Flesh, white, rather coarse, half melting and juicy : Flavor, 

 rich, with a highly perfumed peculiar aroma : Core, large : 

 Seeds, large, brown. Ripe in September and October. 



54. Saint Andre'. 



The late Mr. Manning, in his notes on new pears, in our 

 magazine, (Vol. VIII, p. 57,) enumerates the St. Andre among 

 the names of thirty-nine varieties, which first fruited in his 



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