£72 : THE. PEAR. 
Bzcrré Drvat. Thomp. 
A new Belgian pear,- raised by: M- Duval. It is goud, and 
bears abundantly. Fruit of medium size, obtuse-pyriform. Skin 
pale green. Flesh white, buttery, maelngy and well flavoured, 
October and November. 
‘Bevrré Paxpie.. . Mim. in H.M. 
| A large and excellent pear, named by Mr. Manning in honour 
of Commodore Edward. Preble, U.S. N.,and raised from seed, by 
Elijah Cooke, of Raymond, Maine. 
Fruit’ large, oblong-obovate. Skin greenish-yellow, mottled 
with russet and green spots. . Stalk about an inch long, very 
stout, set ina moderate’ hollow. Flesh white, buttery, and melt- 
ing, with a rich, high flavour. October and November. 
Baorrh Coumar, Van Mons. Nois. . 
Beurré Colmar d’Automne. 
It is one of Dr. Van Mons’ seedlings, and is aque cistinek 
from the Autumr Colmar, 
Fruit of mediu size, almost elliptical, or oval-obovate, ee 
larly formed. Skin smooth, pale green, becoming yellowish at 
maturity, with a b-ush next the sun, and thickly sprinkled with 
dots. Stalk an inch long. Calyx ‘expanded, and ‘set in a-very 
shallow, narrow, irregular basin, Flesh very white, slightly 
crisp at first, but becoming very juicy and melting, with a a 
perfumed flavour. October. “ a 
Be ue Mauxion. 
Tree vigorous. ‘Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to pyri- 
form. Skin yellow russet, with a bright red cheek. Stalk 
short, moderately stout, swollen at the extremities, inserted in 
a shallow cavity. Calyx open, stiff, set-in a very shallow ba- 
sin. Flesh fine, buttery, mnelting,- abounding in juice, sugary, 
with a spicy vinous flavour, pleasantly perfumed. Ripe in Sep- 
tember. 
Beurrt, Mouiert’s Gurrysey. Thomp. 
* Mollet’s Guernsey Chaumontelle. Ken? 
A new English variety, raised by Charles Mollet, Hey. of the 
Island of Guernsey. 
Fruit of medium size, evalpyreifir. Skin rather uneven, 
yellow and yellowish-green, nearly covered on one side with dark 
Ae 
cinnamon brown russet, in stripes and tracings. _F'esh yellow-._ 
ish, melting and buttery, with a rich vinous flav our. December’ 
