FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 

 CHAUMONTEL. 



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Bezi de Chaumontelle, 

 Beurjre d'Hiver, 



Winter Beurre, 

 Oxford Chaumontel. 



Foreign. Kequires rich warm soil. Fruit large, oblong obovate ; skin 

 rough, yellowish, brownish red in sun, russet dots ; stem one inch, curved ; 

 calyx medium; basin deep; core small; seeds flattened; flesh buttery, 

 melting, " very good." November, January. 



CONSEILLER RAMUEZ. 



Foreign. Fruit medium, obovate obtuse pyriform, dull green, clouded 

 and traced with russet; flesh melting, tender, "good." October. 

 (Wilder, in Hort.) 



COLMAR NEILL. 



Foreign. Fruit large, obovate, pale yellow; flesh white, buttery, 

 melting, "good." October. 



COUNTESS OF LUNAY. 



Comtesse de Lunay. 



Foreign. Tree vig- 

 orous ; very productive 

 on quince ; has been 

 much disseminated as 

 " Doyenne d ' Ete. " 

 Fruit medium, ( our 

 drawing too small, ) 

 roundish obovate; skin 

 smooth, pale yellow, 

 often thinly sprinkled 

 with red in sun, some 

 russet specks, and rus- 

 set at base of stem ; 

 stem long, largest where 

 it joins the tree; cavity 

 slight, often a little lip 

 one side of stem ; calyx 

 large, open, with long 

 reflexed segments ; core 

 medium ; seeds brown ; 

 flesh white, rather 

 coarse, melting, juicy, 

 " very good. " Oc- 

 tober. 



