Pears exhibited during the year 1852. 103 



tion, was from an imported tree in its first year of bearing, it 

 may be that it had not arrived at perfection, or that it was 

 not true to its name. 



Inconnue Van Mons is of medium size, pyriform shape, 

 with a cm'ved stem, of an inch in length, set rather on one 

 side, with a thick green skin and dark green specks ; flesh 

 white, juicy, mehing or half melting, of a pleasant, rather 

 sweet flavor. The tree is of an upright habit, and promises 

 to be worthy of cultivation. 



Delices d'Hardknpont. — There appears to be two dis- 

 tinct pears cultivated under this name in Europe, distinguished, 

 as is supposed, by the addition to one, of d'Angers, and some- 

 times to the other, of de Belgique. The Delices d'Harden- 

 pont, as supposed, d'Angers, received from M. Jamin, is of 

 nearly a round form, with a rather stout stem, of three quar- 

 ters of an inch in length, set in a slight cavity, is of a yellow 

 russet color, wilh darker russet specks and darker russet at 

 the calyx; flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, half melting, 

 of a very pleasant, rather subacid flavor, and ripens in Nov. 

 and Dec. Delices d'Hardenpont, as presumed, de Belgique, 

 received from Mr. Rivers, is a pear of large size, flattened, 

 oblong form, with little or no depression at the calyx ; stem 

 short, thick, on one side, with a shoulder ; is of a yellow 

 color, with some blotches of russet ; flesh white, juicy, melt- 

 ing, of a pleasant sweet, though not high flavor ; little gritty 

 at the core. Season, November. Both of these varieties 

 promise well, particularly the last, which, as it corresponds in 

 general Avitli a specimen sent to the Horticultural Society by 

 M. Leroy, in 1851, is supposed to be correct. 



Beurre' Auihtsson, of a turbinate form, with a straight 

 stem of an inch in length ; yellow, smooth skin, with green- 

 ish specks ; flesh white, dry, breaking ; only fit for baking, 

 if for that. December. 



Josephine of Malines. — An irregular-shaped pear, with a 

 stout stem, of an inch in length, set on one side, and a thick 

 skin of a greenish yellow color ; flesh yellowish white, juicy, 

 and melting. Dec. This is a pear of high reputation in 

 Europe ; and as it has been represented by some cultivators in 



