Remarks on several Neio Pears. 299 



Mr. F. L. Olmsted has given a description and engraving of 

 this pear, in the Horticulturist for January, 1852. We consider 

 the true Soldat Labourer a pear of great merit, under all reports. 



Delices d'Hardenpont. — We have really under cultiva- 

 tion in our nursery at Angers, two Delices d'Hardenpont ; 

 one. which has the appellation- of the Delices d'Hardenpont 

 d' Angers, from the name of this city, where it originated, 

 appears but little known. It is always a fruit of the highest 

 excellence, and remarkably productive. It is very highly 

 esteemed in our country, precisely on account of this fertility. 

 The description which you have given in the report, answers 

 very well for our specimens. It ripens with us in September 

 and October, notwithstanding with you it ripens in Novem- 

 ber and December. 



The variety called Delices d'Hardenpont de Belgique, or 

 Fondante Paraseille, according to the Committee of Horticul- 

 ture, of Angers, which you have also given a full description 

 of, is undoubtedly identical with ours ; but with you ic ripens 

 still later ; with us it ripens at the commencement of Octo- 

 ber, and with you in November. I had supposed from the 

 extreme heat of your climate, that fruits matured sooner than 

 with us ; it is, without doubt, owing to your springs, which 

 are much more precarious than ours. Annexed we have given 

 the figures of these two pears, taken from our school of 

 fruits. [These drawings are precisely the same as those ac- 

 companying the descriptions of these varieties, by M. Des- 

 portes, in our volume for 1851, (XVII, p. 545.)] 



Louise d'Orleans. — Before our visit to the United States, 

 in 1849, there did not exist, to our knowledge, in any of the 

 large nurseries of France, a pear under the name of Louise 

 d'Orleans ; or, if it existed, it was only in some large collec- 

 tion of names, rather than veritable varieties, and accordingly 

 had escaped our attention. But notwithstanding this, the 

 orders which we received in this country, for the Louise 

 d'Orleans, were for larger or smaller quantities of the trees ; 

 we felt, therefore, a great interest for our correspondents, who 

 were looking for the recherche varieties. We immediately 

 ordered it of several of our correspondents in Belgium and 



