104 Notes and Descriptions of several Varieties of 



this country as a fine fruit, an unwillingness is felt to express 

 an opinion at this time counter to what seems to be the pre- 

 vailing sentiment, particularly as such opinion has no founda- 

 tion beyond the experience of that of a single individual ; 

 yet circumstances seem to require the statement of the fact, 

 that, in the case of such individual, the pears of this variety 

 have, for the last two years, been of a very indifferent qual- 

 ity, defaced with black spots or blotches on the skin. 



SuzETTE DE Bavay provcs to bc of medium size, of an al- 

 most round form, coming up on one side to the stem, with a 

 shoulder ; stem short, set on one side in rather a deep cavity, 

 somewhat folded around the calyx, which is open, in a very 

 slight depression ; is of a yellow color, with reddish brown 

 specks ; flesh white, very juicy, half melting, high flavored 

 and sweet. January, but said to keep much later. Promises 

 well. 



DocTEUR Capron. — A new pear, that, judging from speci-^ 

 mens of the first year of bearing, promises well. It has a 

 thick skin, of a greenish yellow color, covered with blotches 

 of russet, red in the sun, russet specks, calyx closed ; flesh 

 yellowish white, melting, of a pleasant, rather spirited flavor. 

 Last of Oct. and Nov. 



New Long Rose water. — Smooth green skin, with dark 

 specks ; calyx open ; stem short, rather curved ; flesh white, 

 juicy, tender, half melting, of a very pleasant sweet, perfumed 

 but not high flavor. Nov. and Dec. The true name of this 

 pear is not known ; it was received many years since by Mr. 

 Prince, under the name of Caillot Rosat, and the name under 

 which it is now known was given it by Mr. P. ; yet so far as 

 the quality of the fruit is concerned, it appears well worthy 

 of an extended cultivation — the only drawback to which is 

 the circumstance that the tree is a poor grower. It comes in 

 at a season when we have but few good pears. Although 

 not a new fruit, it seems to be in no collection near Boston, 

 except in that of Mr. Vandyne, of Cambridge, who every 

 year exhibits fine specimens of it in considerable quantities. 



Poire His. — An irregular shaped pear of medium size, with 

 a rather stout, long, curved stem ; of a russet color, with dark 



