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PEARS. 



BEURRE BLANC. Duh. Pr. cat. 



Duhamel describes this as a variety distinct from the White 

 Doyenne, although under that head he quotes the same title 

 as a synonyme frequently applied to that variety. The Po- 

 mological Magazine does not quote Duhamel for this as a 

 synonyme, and therefore leaves it to be inferred that it is distinct. 



In the new Duhamel this fruit is described as bearing a per- 

 fect resemblance in size and form to the Beurre gris, or Crray 

 Doyenne last described, and only differing in point of colour, 

 the skin being yellowish white on the shade side and washed 

 with very light red next the sun. With regard to the taste, 

 it is the same as that of the preceding ; but sometimes not 

 quite equal in flavour. This fruit ripens during the pionth of 

 September. 



I have had it under culture for some years and find the trees 

 thrifty and productive, but have not yet sufficiently compared 

 the fruit with the two preceding varieties to decide upon any 

 differences from my own experience. 



BEZI DE MONTIGNY. Pr. cat. Roz. Duh. For. 



Trouve de Montigny. 



This pear in its form bears much resemblance to the White 

 Doyenne, but it is usually rather longer, being thirty-four to 

 thirty-six lines in height and twenty-six to twenty-seven lines 

 in its greatest diameter. The eye is situated nearly even with 

 the surface of the fruit, and the stem, which is nine or ten 

 lines in length, rises somewhat laterally from a small cavity 

 with rounded edges ; the skin is very smooth and even, of a 

 light green hue, which at the period of maturity becomes a 

 lemon colour, and is dotted over with gray specks which are 

 small and numerous ; the flesh is melting, with abundance of 

 musky juice, and quite agreeable ; the seeds are dark brown, 

 and the fruit ripens at the end of September or early in 

 October. 



