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set ■without depression ; color, dull green, becoming of a golden hue at ma- 

 turity, a little obscured with russet spots, and frequently touched with red 

 on the sunny side ; flesh, white, melting, buttery and juicy ; flavor, pleasant 

 subacid, inclining to sweet, with an agreeable aroma. Season, October to 

 November. Quality, very good. The tree is upright in growth, and forms 

 a fine bushy pyramid. Succeeds well, either on the pear or quince root. 



20. Bouvier Bourgomtslre. — Size, medium to large ; form, obtuse pyri- 

 form, long, narrowed in the neck ; stem, one to one and a quarter inches 

 long, set with but little depression ; calyx, small, in narrow, deep, irregular 

 cavity ; color, clear green, becoming yellow at maturity, and with an occa- 

 sional red cheek ; flesh, white, melting and juicy ; flavor, pleasant, tolerably 

 rich, sweet. Season, October to November. Quality, good, promises well. 



The tree is of rather feeble growth on the pear root. It is quite a dis- 

 tinct and handsome fruit, having no resemblance to the varieties heretofore 

 received, under the name of Bourgemestre. 



21. Grosse Callehassee of LoTigelier. — Size, extra large; form, pyriform, 

 nearly acute, but occasionally obtuse ; stem, large, stout, fleshy where it is 

 joined to the fruit, about one inch in length ; calyx, moderately sunk, seg- 

 ments frequently not persistent ; flesh, coarse, tender ; flavor, rather astrin- 

 gent, inferior ; color, dull yellowish green, mostly covered with a thick coat 

 of russet. Season, middle of September. Decays soon. 



This variety is synonymous with the Triomphe de Hasselt of the Belgian 

 Collections, the Grosse Van Marum of Bivort, and probably with the Grosse 

 Callebasse of Noisette. 



22. Beurri Judes. — Size, medium ; form, pyriform ; calyx, open, in a fur- 

 rowed basin ; stem, rather long, inserted without depression ; skin, dull yel- 

 lowish green, rough and thick, with some russet, stippled with coarse dots ; 

 flesh, melting and buttery ; flavor, sweet, rich, excellent. Season, early in 

 October, of short duration. Core, medium size ; seeds, numerous, long, 

 sharply pointed. 



The Beurre Judes has been exhibited for some years, both under this 

 cognomen, and that of Longue de Mankowty, (should be Longue de Na- 

 kourts.) The former is correct, as we infer from the foreign catalogues. 

 Mr. Hovey describes the Beurre Judes in 1851, as "without much flavor; 

 rots at the core." It has proved with us a very good fruit, but liable to 

 quick decay. 



For a long course of years Mr. Wilder has been increasing his collection 

 of pears, by the introduction of the European novelties. The same enter- 

 prise and indomitable perseverance which characterize the public labors of 

 this gentleman, are nowhere more strongly developed than in his attach- 

 ment to the cultivation of this fruit. Probably no person in this country 

 has corresponded more extensively on this subject, or given his attention 

 more carefully to testing the comparative merits of foreign varieties. We 

 are therefore gratified in being able to embody in this report the above 

 results of his experience, and to learn, in addition, that several kinds which 

 have come into bearing the past season, but which have not been exhibited, 

 give promise of excellence. 



