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side, but of a brown or purplish colour when fully ex- 

 posed to the sun and highly ripened. Flesh melting, 

 and full of a sugary and highly perfumed juice. 



In eating from November till January or February. 



It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



This -very valuable Pear was found wild at Chaumon- 

 tel, a lordship in the department of the Oise ; and Du- 

 ll AMEL, in 1765, says the original tree was then alive 

 and in health. It is a very hardy tree, and bears well 

 in this country as an open standard, and particularly so 

 on an espalier, where, if well managed, the fruit grows 

 large, and in fine seasons ripens extremely well. Not- 

 withstanding this, it ought to be planted on a south 

 or south-east wall, in case of cold and unfavourable 

 seasons. 



The French say it succeeds best when grafted on the 

 Quince, and planted on rich light soil. The Jersey 

 gardeners grow the Chaumontelle to a much larger size 

 than what is described above, and fruit from thence I 

 have seen exhibited at the Horticultural Society far 

 exceeding belief. Specimens like these are not to be 

 expected from gardeners in this country ; but they may 

 do a great deal towards accomplishing this object, by 

 planting their trees on a good soil and upon a favour- 

 able aspect ; keeping them in a high state of health ; 

 training their branches ten or twelve inches apart ; se- 

 lecting and allowing only strong young spurs to remain ; 

 and thinning out the fruit, so that they shall not b<* 

 nearer e,ach other than the branches are apart. We 

 have a sufficient proof of what may be effected by 

 judicious management, in the exhibitions of gooseberries 

 at the shows in Lancashire and Cheshire. John Bra- 

 therton produced a specimen of his Roaring Lion at 

 Nantwich, in 1825, which weighed thirty-one penny- 

 weights sixteen grains; an ample confirmation of what 

 may be done by skill and perseverance. 



