200 Description of Select Varieties of Pears. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, making but few large ro- 

 bust shoots, of a deep reddish brown shade ; growth little 

 irregular. It is an abundant bearer. 



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

 in diameter : Form, obtuse pyramidal, very regular, large 

 and full at the crown, narrowing little to the stem end, which 

 is very obtuse : Skin, smooth, clear, cinnamon russe't, deep- 

 ening to a reddish shade on the sunny side, and dotted with 

 dark russet specks : Stem, short, about half an inch long, 

 stout, and obliquely inserted in a small shallow cavity, high- 

 est on one side : Eye, medium size, open, and little depressed 

 in a small smoothly formed basin ; segments of the calyx, 

 short, sharply pointed, broad, projecting : Flesh, yellowish, 

 rather coarse, buttery, melting and juicy : Flavor, very rich, 

 sprightly and delicious, with a fine aroma : Core, medium 

 size : Seeds, medium size, angular, very dark. Ripe in Oc- 

 tober and November. 



153. Beurre' Clairgeau. Horticulturist. 



This very large and exceedingly fine pear, (fg. 16.) was 

 introduced to the notice of cultivators, by our correspondent, 

 M. Leroy, of Angers. It originated at Nantes, France, and 

 was raised by M. Clairgeau, after whom it has been named. 

 The best idea we can give of it, is to describe it as a huge 

 overgrown specimen of the Gray Doyenne, being more than 

 twice as large as that pear, but having the same handsome 

 pale russet skin, and a flesh fully as melting and high flavored 

 as that fine variety. 



Of the habits of this tree, we know but little. We have 

 not fruited it. Our drawing was made from a specimen ex- 

 hibited last year, by Mr. Fowler, of Salisbury, Mass. It 

 fruited for the first time, we believe, last year. The wood is 

 as yellow as the Bartlett. We believe it succeeds Avell upon 

 the quince; proves to be a vigorous tree, and an abundant 

 bearer. 



Size, very large, about four inches long, and three inches 

 in diameter : Form,, oblong, or obtuse pyramidal, large at the 

 crown, slightly contracted in the middle, obtuse at the stem, 



