166 W E S T E R N F R f I T B O OjK . 



bearer. Imported from Holland, by Williajn Cliftonf of 

 Pliiladelphia. * 



Holland Beegamotte. Color,, brown, with spots; 

 form, flat at crown ; size, 2 ; use, table ; .texture, melting-; 

 quality, 2; season. Winter. " &ood and juicj-." — Fruit 

 Committee Hort. EvMhition, 1855. 



* 

 HOVEY. Color, rich yellow and golden russet; form, 



round, tapering; size, 3 ; iise, table ; quality, 1 ; season, Aug. 



Eemarks. — Delicious. Season a little before the Bartlett. 



HOWELL. Form, obtuse, pyriform; size, 1 ; use, table; 

 texture, juicy ; quality, 1 ; season, September and October. 



Eemaeks. — One of the most beautiful in cultivation. 

 Flesh, melting and juicy; flavor, rich, slightly acidulous, 

 with a delicate aroma. An early and profuse bearer. 



Huguenot. I^n worth j'. 



Hull. Color, yellowish green, with some dull red and 

 russet ; form, obovate ; size, 2 ; texture, white, a little 

 coarse, gritty at core ; qiiality, 2 ; season, September. 



Eemaeks. — Tree upright and strong. Somerset, Mass.; 

 Huntington, Conn. 



Inconnue Van Mons. Color, pale green; form, oblate 

 l^yriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, melting ; quality, 

 2 ; season. Winter. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Besfon Quince. Flesh, melting, 

 buttery, and fine ; fliivor, pleasant, good, resembling a 

 little the Glout Morceau. — Col. Wilder, in Horticulturist. 



Jaminette. Color, green, with russet dots ; form, obo- 

 vate, obtuse, pyriform ; size, 1 to 2 ; use, table ; texture, 

 juicy, sugary; quality, 2 ; season, November and Dec'r. 



