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In referring to Duhamel's description, I see nothing to add 

 to the above, except that the stem is generally from twenty to 

 twenty-four lines in length, and is frequently inserted somewhat 

 laterally in the fruit : the skin is very smooth ; the flesh is 

 melting, but somewhat breaking, and very juicy. 



So far as my own experience goes, and I have had bearing 

 trees around me from boyhood, this is one of the least produc- 

 tive varieties cultivated among us, and without particular at- 

 tention, the fruit is mostly knotty and of small size ; and Fes- 

 senden remarks, that it is scarcely possible to raise it in the 

 country around Boston, on account of its being subject to spots 

 and cracks. I have noticed, however, that when the branches 

 of large trees of this sort are sawed off, so as to force out new 

 thrifty shoots, the crops are far more abundant as well as of large 

 size and excellent quality. A tree thus treated stands in the 

 garden of Gardiner Greene, Esq. of Boston, to which the po- 

 mologists of that city can direct their attention. 



It is mentioned in the Pomological Magazine, that it is doubt- 

 ful whether the second variety mentioned in the German pub- 

 lications exists in England. I have possessed it in my collec- 

 tion for many years, where it has repeatedly produced fruit, 

 and I will now proceed to describe it. 



MUSK SUMMER BONCHRETIEN. PR. CAT. 



Bon Chretien d'ete, musqut. Roz. Duh. 



Bon Chretien musque. 



Bon Chretien d'ftt, or Summer Bon Chretien. Coxe. 



This fruit is thirty-three lines in height, and twenty-seven 

 in diameter, and generally approaches a pyramidal form : it 

 often assumes a shape more or less irregular : sometimes it is 

 swollen with protuberances and ridges, and at others it is only 

 partially angular near the head. The stem is fifteen lines in 

 length, and inserted within a cavity surrounded by ridges or 

 projections. The skin is smooth and yellow, with a slight 

 tint of red next the sun. The flesh is white, speckled, with 



