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quarter long by two and three-quarters wide ; obtuse pyramidal, rounded 

 at the apex, and narrowing obtusely towards the stalk. Skin, smooth, 

 lemon-coloured, strewed with dots and markings of russet, and with a 

 circle of russet round the eye. Eye, open, with erect narrow segments, 

 and filled with the remnants of the stamens-, placed in a shallow basin 

 rather on one side. Stalk, nearly two inches long, curved, fleshy, 

 uneven, with indications of incipient buds, dark brown, but green where 

 it has been shaded, inserted on the end of the fruit with little or no 

 cavity. Flesh, coarse-grained, sweet, and perfumed, but not possessing 

 any special merit. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of September and beginning of 

 October. 



The tree is an excellent bearer, succeeds well as a standard, and 

 may be grown with equal success either on the pear or the quince. 



It was raised by Van Mons, and named in honour of M. de Bavay, a nurseryman 

 at Vilvorde, near Brussels j but being received by the Horticultural Society of 

 London from the raiser without a name, it became known in the collection of that 

 establishment as Autumn Colmar, from a fancied resemblance of the flavour to that 

 of the Old Colmar. 



AUTUMN JOSEPHINE.— Fruit, even and regular in its outline ; 

 turbinate, and somewhat flattened at the crown. Skin, greenish 

 yeUow when quite ripe, and strewn with patches of thin pale brown 

 russet, and with a russet patch round the stalk. Eye, open, with short 

 erect segments, and set in a shallow depression. Stalk, three-quarters 

 of an inch long, woody, and inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 yellowish, with a pale salmon tinge, like that of Josephine de Malines, 

 tender, fine-grained, and very juicy. Juice, rich, sugary, and with a 

 fine aromatic flavour. 



A fine pear ; ripe in the middle of October, and lasting about a 

 fortnight. The tree is an excellent grower, and has formed a large 

 head, bearing two bushels of fruits, and it first produced fruit in 

 1869. 



This valuable native acquisition was obtained from seed by W. E. Essington, 

 Esq., of Kibbesford House, Bewdley. The seed, which was obtained from Josephine 

 de Malines, was sown in the year 1856, and scions from the seedling were grafted 

 on the stock of a worthless pear-tree, which had been cut down in 1861. 



AUTUMN NBLIS (Graham's Autumn Nelis). — Fruit, the size of a 

 large Winter Nelis, obovato-turbinate in shape. SMn, entirely covered 

 ■with brown russet, with here and there a patch of the greenish yellow 

 shining through. Flesh, yellowish, very tender, melting, and buttery, 

 with a rich sugary juice. 



A first-rate pear ; ripe in October, but soon decays. The tree is very 

 hardy ajid a great bearer. 



D'AVRIL. — Fruit, large ; pyramidal, uneven in its outline, and 

 considerably bossed round the eye. Skin, smooth and shining, of a 

 hvely dark green colour, with a dark brown tinge next the sun, and 

 patches of ashy-grey russet on the shaded side ; the whole surface 



