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tain was too early to enable him easily to recognise the dif- 

 ferent varieties which he saw in our gardens : but, among 

 Pears, he was of opinion, that different sorts of the beurre 

 common at Antwerp were but little known to us ; parti- 

 cularly the Beurre d'Or, the Beurre royale, the Beurre 

 dTIiver (perhaps the chaumontel), the Beurre blanc (or 

 Doyenne blanc), and the Berice Beurre. Our Brown 

 Beurre, we may here remark, seems to be generally known 

 on the Continent by the name of Beurre d'Angleterre. 

 The Virgouleuse or ice-pear, and the Bergamotte de 

 Paques or Winter Bergamot, he noticed as being favour- 

 ite fruits at Antwerp : these, though not common in Scot- 

 land, are well known in the southern parts of England. 

 The Detices cTArdenpont and the Passe-Colmar he de- 

 scribed as excellent varieties introduced a few years ago in- 

 to Brabant : these are still unknown to our British gardens. 

 He mentioned the Belle de Bruxelles as a recent production 

 of Brussels, of very promising qualities. Lastly, the Nou- 

 velle Epine cTHiver, he represented as a seedling raised at 

 Antwerp, and which first shewed its fruit in the year 1812; 

 the fruit considerably resembles that of the old winter- 

 thorn, being of a light-green colour, of a large size, melt- 

 ing and sweet. We hope soon to be able (by means of 

 grafts to be procured from Antwerp) to establish these 

 new varieties in the Society's Experimental Garden. Quince- 

 stocks are recommended for them, in preference to any 

 others. — Among the Apples which are esteemed at Ant- 

 werp, and which did not appear to Mr Donkelaar to be 

 much known in England, were the following : St Jean 

 d'Or ; Roode Renette, or Red Rennet ; Grauwe Renette, 

 or Grey Rennet ; Peramene, or Pearmain ; Berg Renette, 

 or Mountain Rennet ; Fine Verte ; Calvin Acotes ; 

 Pomme royale ; the Drap d'Or, — not the Fenouillet jaune, 



