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October to November. Quality, very good, if not best. Tree, vigorous, 

 much of the habit of the Urbaniste, both in foliage and fruit, but is a very 

 distinct variet3^ 



14. Laiire de Glymcs. — Size, medium; form, oval, turbinate; calyx, 

 open, moderately sunk ; stem, short, loss than an inch in length, and insert- 

 ed without depression ; color, dull yellow, ground almost completely cov- 

 ered with orange russet, skin handsome ; flesh, white, melting, not very 

 juicy; flavor, sweetish, with pleasant aroma. Season, October to Novem- 

 ber. Quality, good. Valuable as an orchard pear, bearing profusely, in 

 clusters. M. Bivort describes this fruit in his Album de Pomologie, as of 

 exquisite quality. Perhaps another year's trial may raise its character in our 

 classification. 



15. De Sorlus. — Size, large ; form, obtuse pyriform, inclining to ovate, 

 narrowing abruptly near the crown; stem, about one inch in length, rather 

 stout, planted in a slight depression ; color, light dull green, becoming yel- 

 low at maturity, Avith some russet, particularly at the stem and calyx ; flesh, 

 white, half melting, middling juicy ; flavor, pleasant, but lacks richness and 

 character. Season, November to December. Quality, not fully ascer- 

 tained, needs further trial. The tree is of fine pyramidal habit, and grows 

 well as a dwarf or standard. 



16. Millot de JVancy. — Size, rather below medium, never large ; form, 

 acute pyriform ; stem, one inch in length, set without depression, in folds, 

 like the Passe Colmar ; color, dull yellow, ground overspread with russet, 

 sometimes reddened on the sunny side ; flesh, buttery and melting, not very 

 juicy; flavor, tolerably rich, sweetish, with peculiar and pleasant aroma. 

 Season, October to November. Quality, good, promises to be classed as 

 very good. This is No. 2070 of Van Mons's Seedlings. 



17. Fondante des Pres. — Size, medium ; form, turbinate, inclining to pyri- 

 form, broad across the middle ; stem, of middling strength, one inch long, 

 slightly sunk in folded cavity at the junction ; color, yellowish green, be- 

 coming clear lemon yellow at maturity, coarsely stippled, a revr traces of 

 russet, and occasionally a little red next the sun ; flesh, white, melting, 

 juicy; flavor, sweet, agreeable, with considerable aroma. Season, October. 

 Quality, very good. This is another of the seedlings of Dr. Van Mons. It 

 does not appear to set its fruit so readily on the pear as on the quince stock. 



18. Comle de Flandre. — Size, large; form, pyramidal pyriform, narrowed 

 in the neck, and broad at the middle, resembling the Marie Louise ; stem, 

 stout, fleshy at the base, one to one and a quarter inches long, set without 

 depression; calyx, moderately sunk; color, yellowish green, becoming 

 quite yellow when ripe, considerably traced with russet, and marbled occa- 

 sionally with dull red next the sun; flesh, melting and juicy; flavor, rich 

 subacid, inclining to sweet, with a pleasant aroma; quality, very good. 

 Season, November to December. Tree, vigorous and prolific. A seedling 

 of Dr. Van Mons's Collection, which fruited in 1843 for the first time, under 

 No. 2672. 



19. Louise de Prusse. — Size, medium; form, roundish obovate, resem- 

 bling, in appearance, the Belle Lucrative ; calyx, small, sunk in rather deep 

 irregular cavity ; stem, stout, generally less than one inch in length, and 



