THE PEAR. 549 
ttle curved, and placed in a slight, flattened depression. Ca- 
lyx large, open, firm, and nearly without divisions, set in a 
smooth, nearly flat basin. Flesh yellowish-white, juicy, melt- 
ing, with a sweet, somewhat vinous, and very agreeable flavour 
‘ November to March. 
Sr. Menin, 
: Omer Pacha. 
Fruit large, elongated pyriform. Colour yellowish-green 
with fawn about the crown, susset surrounding the stem, and 
thickly dotted all over. Stem of moderate length, inserted in 
an even cavity. Calyx small, basin shallow. Flesh melting, 
juicy, excellent. Ripens from the 10th to the end of Septem 
ber. (L. E. Berckman’s MS.) 
Sciurvan. Man. in H. M. 
Van Mons, No. 889. 
Sent to this country by Van Mons, and named by Mr. Man- 
ning. Young shoots slender, diverging, reddish-brown. Fruit 
of medium size, oblong-pyriform. Skin pale greenish-yellow. 
Stalk an inch and a half long, stout, inserted at the tapering, 
pointed end. Flesh juicy, melting, sweet and pleasant. Sep- 
tember. 
SupREME DE QuimpzR. C.H. A. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit medium or small, obco- 
nic, obovate. Skin fine, clear yellow, richly shaded with red, 
somewhat specked and netted with russet. Stalk rather short, 
obliquely inserted, without cavity, by a slight appearance of a 
lip. .Calyx open or partially closed; basin shallow. Flesh 
whitish, juicy, melting, sweet and perfumed. Ripe early in 
August—should be gathered very early, or becomes dry. 
Surpasse Mevris. 
Tree vigorous. Fruit medium, depressed, pyramidal. Skin 
rough, entirely covered with russet. Flesh whitish, melting 
and juicy, sweet and vinous, with a peculiar flavour. Ripens 
middle of October. (Al. Pom.) 
Surpasse CRassaNneE. 
A new seedling of Van Mons. Fruit greatly resembles the 
old Crassane. Tree vigorous and healthy, both on pear and 
quince, and is much more productive than the old variety, 
which it surpasses. 
