G66 



THE PEAR. 



BARTLETT, OR WILLIAMS' BONCHRETIEN. 



Bartlett, of all American Gardens. 

 Williams' Bonchretien. 

 Clement Doyenne. 

 Poire Guillaume, of the French. 



Barnett's William. 

 Bonchretien Barnett . 

 Delavault. 



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, regularly, and abun- 

 dantly. It is an English variety, originated about 1770, in Berkshire, 

 and was afterward propagated by a London grower by the name of Wil- 



Bartlelt, or Williams' Bonchretien. 



liams. "When first introduced to this country its name was lost, and 

 having been cultivated and disseminated by Enoch Bartlett, Esq., of 

 Dorchester, near Boston, it became so universally known as the JBartl-ett 



