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shaped (i. e. oblate, inclining to conic,) as Gansel's Berga- 

 mot. 4th. Pyramidal, the lines extending upward from the 

 broad base by right lines or nearly so, as Delies d'Hardenpont 

 of Belgium. 



With regard to the texture of the flesh; buttery, as the 

 Doyenne and Bartlett ; crisp, as the Summer Bonchretien ; 

 juicy, as the Napoleon, and St. Germain ; as, in apples, the 

 blossom end is called the eye, the remains of the blossom, 

 the calyx, and the hollow in which it is placed, the basin. 



We have placed the pears in three classes nearly correspond- 

 ing to the grades of quality adopted by the American Pomologi- 

 cal Congress, of " best," " very good," and " good ;" but the third 

 class, although containing the " good," may be considered nearly 

 equivalent to a rejected list. 



CLASS I. 



This class contains those which are well known to be of 

 unexceptionable quality, and have been found to thrive in 

 almost every situation suited to the cultivation of the pear. 



BARTLETT, OR WILLIAMS'S BONCHRETIEN. Thomp. Man. 



Bartlett, of all American gardens. De la Vault. 



"Williams's Bonchretien. Thomp. Lind. Clement Doyenne. 



Poire Guillaume, of the JPrench. 



This noble pear is, justly, one of the most popular of all the 

 summer varieties. Its size, beauty, and excellence, entitle it to 

 this estimation, apart from the fact that it bears very early, re- 

 gularly, and abundantly. It is an English variety, originated 

 about 1770, in Berkshire, and was afterwards propagated by a 

 London grower by the name of Williams. When first intro- 

 duced to this country its name was lost, and having been culti- 

 vated and disseminated by Enoch Bartlett, Esq., of Dorchester, 

 near Boston, it became so universally known as the Bartlett 

 pear, that 't is impossible to dispossess it now.* It suits our 

 climate admirably, ripening better here than in England, and has 



* The first imported tree in Mr. Bartlett's grounds, was sent from Eng* 

 land in 1799. 



