620 THE PEAR. 



LiMON. Van Mons. Man. in H. M. 



No. 10. Van Mons. Beurre Haggeraton. 

 Bergaraotte Louise. 



A fine, sprightly, Belgian pear, originated by Van Mons. 

 The young shoots are long, slender, reddish brown. 



Fruit rather small, obovate. Skin smooth, yellow, with a 

 faint red cheek. Stalk an inch and a half long, rather stout, 

 set in a moderately depressed, round cavity. Calyx set in a 

 rather shallow, round basin. Flesh white, buttery, melting and 

 juicy, with a sprightly, high flavour. Middle of August. 



Lodge. Ken. 

 Smith's Bordenave. 



The Lodge Pear is a native of Pennsylvania, and is under- 

 stood to have originated near Philadelphia. It is a very agree- 

 able subacid pear, and has so much of the Brown Beurre cha- 

 racter, that we suspect it is a seedling of that fine old variety. 



Fruit of medium size, pyriform, tapering to the stem, and 

 one-sided. Skin greenish-brown, the green becoming a little 

 paler at maturity, and much covered with patches of dull russet. 

 Stalk an inch and a fourth long, obliquely planted at the point 

 of the fruit, which is a little swollen there. Flesh whitish, a 

 little gritty at the core, which is large, juicy, and melting, with 

 a rather rich flavour, relieved by pleasant acid. September aiid 

 October. 



Louis DupoNT. Durieux. 



Tree vigorous and beautiful, promises to be fertile. 



Fruit sufficiently large, sometimes in the form of Doyenne, 

 but ordinarily longer and more turbinate. Skin smooth, dull 

 green, passing to yellow at maturity, strongly shaded with fawn 

 russet, sometimes striped and marbled. Flesh white, half fine, 

 melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed; a fruit of first quality, 

 ripening towards the end of October. (An. Pom.) 



Louise Bonne of Jersey. Thomp. 



Bonne de Longueval. Louise Bonne de Jersey. 



Louise Bonne d'Avranches. Beurre or Bonne Louise d'Araudore. 

 William the Fourth. 



Originated in France, near Avranches, succeeds admirably on 

 the quince, forming or fine pyramid — not of the first quality, but 

 profitable. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive ; fi'uit of 

 better quality on the quince than on the pear. 



Fruit large, pyriform, a little one-sided. Skin smooth and 

 glossy, pale green in the shade, but overspread with brownish 



