Descriptions of Six varieties of Pears. 135 



Contour, for the society's collection. It is a vigorous and 

 hardy tree, and well adapted for a standard. For dwarf 

 trees, considerable care is requisite in the pruning, in order 

 to clothe the stem with branches near the ground, as the 

 tendency of growth is upright. 



Size, large, about three and a half inches long, and two 

 and a half in diameter : Form, pyramidal, regular, large 

 around the eye, gradually tapering to the stem near which 

 there is a slight contraction : Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish 

 green, paler when mature, very broadly suffused with bright 

 red on the sunny side, which shades off abruptly, and the 

 surface covered with grayish russet points, each point hav- 

 ing the peculiarity of being surrounded with an " aureole " 

 or ray of red : Stem, medium length, about one inch, 

 stout, smooth, pale brown, with a few grayish specks, 

 fleshy, swollen and wrinkled at its junction with the fruit, 

 and forced into an oblique direction by a large projection or 

 lip on one side: Eye, medium size, open, moderately sunk 

 in an open furrowed cavity ; segments of the calyx medium 

 length, stiff, projecting, rounded : Flesh, yellowish white, 

 fine, melting, buttery and exceeding juicy: Flavor, rich, 

 brisk, agreeably perfumed and delicious : Core, medium 

 size : Seeds, medium size, light brown. Ripe in October. 



24. Vicar of Winkfield. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 



Monsieur Le Cur^-. Hort. Soc. Cat., 2d and 3d Edition. 

 Dumas. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Edition. 

 Clion. Jim. Orchardist. 3d Edition. 

 De Cure, ^ 



Monsieur, > Of some French Cultivators in the Department of Indre. 

 De Clion, ) 

 Belle de Berry j) 



Bon Papa, > Dalbret Traite de la Taille des Arh. Fr. 

 Pater Notte, ) 



Belle Heloise, of some French Catalogues. 

 Saint Lezin. Bon Jardinier. 1837, p. 327. 



Burgomaster, of many gardens around Boston, and Manning's Book 

 of Fruits, p. 90. 



It is somewhat singular that a variety whose qualities 

 have been so long known, in the vicinity of Boston, under 

 the name of Burgomaster, should now, almost for the first 

 time, attract so much attention, and, by many, supposed to 

 be a very iieio pear. For a number of years, at least ten, 

 and we believe longer, this variety has been sold in the 



