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Art. II. Pomological Notices ; or notices I'especting new 

 and superior fruits worthy of general cultivation. De- 

 scriptions and Engravings of six varieties of Pears. By 

 the Editor. 



Our present article is a continuation of the series which 

 we commenced in our last volume. (IX. p. 132,) figuring 

 eighteen varieties of pears. Our last article appeared at p. 

 361 of that volume. We now add six additional varieties, 

 whose qualities are considered sufficiently excellent to en- 

 title them to a place in every good collection of fruits. 

 Among the number is the Vicar of Winkfield or Le Cure, 

 which has lately attracted so much attention among culti- 

 vators. To the description and figure, which is from a 

 very superior specimen, we have added all the particulars 

 we could gather from the best authorities in reference to 

 that variety. The numbers are continued from our last 

 article. 



19. Winter Nelis. Hort. Soc. Catalogue. 3d Edition. 



Nelis d' Hiver, 



Bonne des Malines, 



Beurre des Malines, I ^^^^,^^^ ^ Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



La Bonne Mahnoise, ™ 



Milanese Cuvelier, | 



Etourneau. j 



Among the earlier winter pears which have been intro- 

 duced into our gardens, few possess more merit than the 

 Winter Nelis {fig. 1, p. 128.) Though not of large size, its 

 excellent qualities claim for it a place in every good collec- 

 tion of fruit. The first notice we find of this variety is 

 that of the late Mr. Braddick, of London, an enthusiastic 

 cultivator of fruits, who for several years annually visited 

 the continent for the express purpose of procuring buds 

 and scions of new varieties, and to whom English cultiva- 

 tors are greatly indebted for the early introduction of many 

 of Dr. Van Mons's seedling pears. Among the varieties in 

 his collection, he enumerates the Nelis d' Hiver or Bonne 

 Malinoise {Gard. Mag. Vol. III. p. 353,) and he then con- 

 sidered it the " best new winter pear." In the 1st edition 

 of the Cat. of the Hort. Soc. (1826,) it is inserted under 

 the name of Bonne Malinoise ; and in the 2d edition (1831,) 

 and 3d (1842,) as the Winter Nelis ; a correct figure of it 



