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New Pears introduced by Mr. Brdddick, 



planted in an exposed situation. The first {Jig. 14.) is called 

 Henri Qnatre, by M. Van Mons, of Louvaine; the other 



{fig. 15.) is the Urbaniste, raised by the late Count Coloma 

 of Malines ; this was his favourite pear, selected from all that 

 he raised. The fruits from those trees were exhibited by me, 

 before I left Surrey, at the Horticultural Society's meetings ; 

 the trees having been recently moved, the fruit can scarcely 

 be expected to be of the size and quality that they will attain 

 to, in two or three years' time. I however judge, that you 

 will accord with me, after tasting the Urbaniste, and making 

 proper allowance for its not staying on the tree till ripe, in 

 pronouncing it to be a pear of the first class, and one that 

 will be of the greatest benefit to our market gardeners and 

 fruit growers ; for what these people stand in need of is, a 

 pear that will, if prematurely gathered, ripen in their baskets, 

 acquire a good flavour by being so treated, keep a long time 

 in their hands, and die like a good Christian with a sound 

 heart at last; all of which good qualities T venture to pro- 

 nounce that the Urbaniste pear possesses, when grown on a 

 standard tree in our country : much farther south it is pro- 

 bable it would not be so good, for I find by experience, as no 

 doubt many others do, that every fruit of the apple and 

 pear kind has its favourite latitude. When I first brought 

 buds of the Urbaniste to England, I gave them liberally 

 away to many nurserymen, some of whom must have plants 

 for^ale by this time. 



Boughton Mount, Sept. \3tli, 1826. John Braddick. 



