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stem one and one-quavter inches long, by three-sixteenths thick, and half an 

 inch thick near its junction with tlie fruit, where it is very fleshy, inserted 

 obliquely on a nearly flat surface, considerably inclined ; calyx small, set 

 in a deep, rather narrow, furrowed basin ; seed pale cinnamon, (the light- 

 ness of the color being probably owing to partial decay) two-fifths of an 

 inch long, one-fifth wide, and one-eighth thick, long, acuminate, with an 

 angle on one side of the blunt end ; flesh slightly granular, buttery, melt- 

 ing ; flavor rich and delicious ; quality " very good." This is probably the 

 Beurri Soule shown by Mr. Robert Buist, at our annual exhibition in 1848, 

 and which could not be recognized by our own pomologists or those of Bos- 

 ton, as any known variety. The tree that produced tliese specimens, and 

 several more with the same label, were purchased by Mr. Buist from Thom- 

 as Landreth, who had imported them with a large collection of other kinds, 

 from France, through the late Jno. B. Smith, But on examining the in- 

 voice, no such name as Beurr6 Soule was to be found in it. The variety, 

 however, being considered valuable, scions of it were widely disseminated ; 

 and some were sent to Mr. Baxter. When the remaining trees, under this 

 name, in Mr. Buist's possession, fruited, they proved to be the Duchess 

 d'Angouleme. Even the identity of the first tree with the Duchess, may 

 possibly be established by further investigation, although the specimens of 

 the Beurrd Soule exhibited in 1848 appeared to all of us a separate and 

 distinct variety. [The B. Soule has long been familiar to Boston pomolo-. 

 gists as the Urbaniste. — Ed.] 



From Western New York, through J. B. Baxter, the Canandaigua ;• two 

 and a half inches long, by two and a half broad ; roundish ; turbinate, in- 

 clining to pyriform, largest in the middle ; skin smooth, thin, greenish yel- 

 low ; stem broken off, inserted without depression ; calyx medium, set in an 

 irregular, furrowed basin ; flesh fine texture, buttery, melting, and exceed- 

 ingly juicy; flavor pleasant, with a delicate aroma; quj*lity "very good." 

 These specimens differed materially in size and form, from those that were 

 exhibited at the second session of ihe Congress of Fruit Growers, at Castle 

 Garden, New York, in 1849. 



From R. Buist, Bon Chrilien dt Vernois ; rather large, two and seven- 

 eighths inches long, by two and five-eighths broad ; obovate ; greenish 

 yellow, with small, greenish russet patches, and many cinnamon russet dots 

 near the crown ; stem three-fourths of an inch long, and one-sixth thick, 

 fleshy at its junction with the branch, inserted in a small depression ; calyx 

 closed, set in a regular, rather deep basin ; flesh somewhat granular, juice 

 abundant ; flavor pleasant, sprightly, with some astringency ; Leroy places 

 it among the kitchen pears, but we consider it for the table at least "g-ooc/." 



From C. Kessler, Reading, the Ritter, a native apple of Exeter Town- 

 ship, Berks County ; two and a half inches long, by two and seven-eighths 

 broad ; roundish oblong ; red in stripes of various hues, with many large 

 white dots ; stem short, and moderately stout, inserted in a deep, narrow 

 cavity ; calyx medium, closed, set in a deep, rather wide, basin ; seed very 

 short, plump, light cinnamon,; flesh tender; flavor fine; quality, "wry . 

 good." 



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