338 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



121. Beurre' Langelier. Mag. of Hart., Vol. XII, p. 336. 



The Beurre Langelier {fig. 15) was introduced to the 

 notice of cultivators by M. Langelier, of Jersey, in 1845, 

 and was probably raised from seed by him. In our volume. 



Fig. 15. Beurri Langelier. 



above quoted, we gave a brief account of it, in which we 

 copied the circular issued by M. Langelier, and circulated 

 with the first trees which were offered for sale. We first 

 received our trees in 1845, but as they were exceedingly 

 small they scarcely more than established themselves that 

 year. The succeeding spring and fall we grafted and bud- 

 ded both large and small trees, many of which were cov- 

 ered with fruit buds the third year. But the winter of 

 1848 and 1849 destroyed nearly every bud, and all our large 



