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many of those has been pretty fully ascertained, but another fiivorable sea- 

 son will test them more thoroughly. — Respectfully yours, ^-c, Marshall P. 

 Wilder. 



iN'ew Pears, exhibited in the year 1853. 



1. Alexandre Lamlre. — Size, medium; form, roundish, bergamot shape ; 

 calyx, moderately sunk in flat basin ; stem, rather stout, less than one inch 

 in length, generally set without depression ; color, yellowish green, occa- 

 sionally mottled with red on the sunny side, russeted at the stem and calyx, 

 and stippled with coarse dots ; flesh, greenish white, melting and juicy ; 

 flavor, sweet, rich, with the Passe Colmar aroma. Season, November to 

 December. Quality "very good," perhaps "best." Core, small; seeds, 

 numerous, plump, and acutely pointed. 



2. PotVe d'Avril. — Size, medium ; form, acute pyriform, inclining to tur- 

 binate ; calyx, closed, sunk in rather broad, moderately deep basin ; stem, 

 one inch or more in length, fleshy at the junction, rather stout ; color, yel- 

 lowish green, skin rough, somewhat russeted and reddened on the sunny 

 side ; flesh, greenish white, crispy and juicy ; flavor, resemblea Easter 

 Beurr6, but is much inferior. Season, February to May. Keeps well, and 

 ripens without difficulty. Quality, good, with the promise of being valuable 

 as a very late fruit. Core, small ; seeds, long, sharply pointed. Mr. Rivers 

 ranks this variety as a stewing pear. 



3. Beurri. Soidange. — Size, medium to large ; form, acute pyriform ; stem, 

 one inch or more in length, curved, fleshy at the junction ; color, pale clear 

 yellow at maturity, with occasional traces of russet ; flesh, melting, and 

 very juicy; flavor, rich, sugary, with peculiarly pleasant aroma. Season, 

 October to November. Quality, " very good," Avill probably prove " best ;" 

 a desirable acquisition. Received some years since from Brussels, and of 

 doubtful nomenclature. 



4. Beurri Backelier. — Size, very large ; form, obovate obtuse pyriform ; 

 stem, short and stout, seldom more than three-fourths of an inch in length, 

 planted in a narrow folded cavity ; color, clear green until mature, when it 

 has a handsome yellow skin ; flesh, tolerably melting and juicy ; flavor, 

 pleasant, inclining to sweet, not high, but agreeable. Season, November to 

 December. Quality, good ; may prove, on further trial, very good. 



The Beurr6 Bachelier is described as a pear of the largest size in the 

 European Catalogues. The tree is tardy of growth on the quince root, but 

 succeeds and bears abundantly wlien worked on a standard, a graft of one 

 foot in length having produced the last season nine perfect pears. 



5. Theodore Van Mons. — Size, large ; form, obtuse obovate pyriform ; 

 stem, about one inch in length, planted without depression; calyx, large, 

 open, moderately sunk ; color, green at first, but becoming, when ripe, clear 

 yellow ; skin, smooth and handsome ; flesh, tender, juicy and melting ; flavor, 

 pleasant, sweetish, with some aroma. Season, October to November. Qual- 

 ity, good, probably, very good. Tree, vigorous, growtli upright, forming a 

 fine pyramid, and bears well, either on the pear or quince. A hardy, valua- 

 ble fruit. 



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