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tinues till June, and makes a very handsome ap- 

 pearance at table.* 



72. Golden Beurre. This is a very fine pear; 

 it is of a beautiful scarlet colour next the sun, and 

 of a gold colour on the other side. The flesh is 

 melting, and the juice high-flavoured. It ripens 

 in October. This tree succeeds best on an East 

 aspect, and a loamy soil. It is a plentiful bearer, t 



73. Williams's Bonchretien. Trans, ofHort, 

 Soc. of Lond, 2. p, 250. and tab. This is a seedHng 

 pear (from Williams's nursery at Turnham-Green), 

 originally from Hampshire. It resembles a Sum- 

 mer Bonchretien, but is more juicy ; is a great 

 bearer, and ripens in September. This pear will 

 be a valuable acquisition to the market-gardeners, 

 as it immediately succeeds the Windsor pear. 



74. Citron des Carmes ; Magdalen, Duham. 

 n. 7. t, 4. Pom, Aust. t, 73. j^ 1. Pott, et Turp. 

 Fr, t, 61. This is a small-sized pear, of a yellowish 

 green cast, full at the eye ; of a round shape, but 

 tapering a little toward the stalky which is long. 

 It ripens in July. 



75. True Golden Beurre Pear. This in shape 

 and size resembles the Brown Beurre ; but is of a 



* This pear has come into eating above six weeks sooner thib 

 season (1801) than in any other in my memory. 



f This pear was introduced from Burgundy by the late 

 Marshal Conway, and was first raised, in this country, at his 

 seat of Park Place, near Henley upon Thames, now the seat 

 of Lord Malmesbury. The above description was transmitted 

 to me by Mr. Copland,, his Lordship's gardener. 



