300 Remarks on several New Pears. 



England, and received from all of them nothing but the Ur- 

 baniste. We at first doubted the correctness of the question, 

 but after two or three years' study, observation and compar- 

 ison, there does not remain the least doubt. We have ac- 

 cordingly become convinced that this variety never had any 

 existence other than the Urbaniste. We made this remark 

 in our supplementary Catalogue for 1852, where \ve said 

 we had no doubt upon the subject. This variety is assuredly 

 not neW; as it has been described in the Jardin Fr^dtier 

 of M. Louis. Noisette, and was rejuvenated more recently 

 under the name of Beurre Picquery, and recommended to all 

 amateurs as being the best of pears. Afterwards it appeared 

 under the name of Louise d'Orleans, accompanied with 

 praises equally great ; and, lastly, the same variety has been 

 sold in Belgium, under the name of Beurre Drapiez. We 

 ourselves were among the first to sell it under this name, at 

 $1 each, before we discovered the error. We seriously regret 

 the mistake, and we are happy to have this occasion to in- 

 form all those persons to whom we have sent these trees, that 

 we are always ready to remit their value. 



Duchess d'Orleans. — The same history, and precisely 

 the same circumstances attach to the Duchess of Orleans 

 pear. We have ordered it from all sources, and have always 

 received our Beurre St. Nicolas, originated upon the farm of 

 this name, at Angers, at our own gate, and we might say di- 

 rectly under our eyes ; we have also expressed a doubt of the 

 identity of this pear, in the same Catalogue for 1852. 



We sti'l perceive a number of errors among the names of 

 pears, but as we are afraid of abusing the patience of your 

 readers, we shall leave the remainder for our new Catalogue, 

 in press at this time, and which Avill appear in the approach- 

 ing July. We have, in this Catalogue, given the name and 

 author of each variety, and all their synonymes, in order to 

 escape deception and make known to amateurs all the 

 names under which each variety is sold. We would remark 

 ithat we consider the Beurre Sterkmann as being the same as 

 the Doyenne Sterkmann. 



Angers, France, April, 1853. 



