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A Report upon some new seedling Pears, 



Belmont. 



Pale dull yellow, speckled with brown, the ground colour very much that of a Blan- 

 quet. Flesh melting, rather gritty, sweet and good. Probably an excellent variety. 

 Season, early in November. 



I first saw this variety in the autumn of 1829 ; when the tree pro- 

 duced a very heavy crop of fruit of large size ; many of which proved 

 to be in my estimation very excellent. The tree bore again in the 

 succeeding year so heavy a crop, that I thought it necessary to 

 have a large part of it taken off. The whole of the remainder was 

 stolen, though I caused, or rather meant to cause, the nursery to be 

 carefully watched. 



Althorp Crassane. 



This has much the appearance of the Crassane. The skin is of the same colour and 

 texture ; the flesh is less gritty, and the flavour good. The best description that can be 

 given of it is, that it possesses all the richness of the Crassane with less grittiness, being 

 perfectly melting. Season, November. 



The last season was the first of the existence of this variety, the 

 merits of which appeared to me to be such as are above described. 

 Two Pears of this variety were brought to me on the 18th of 

 August last, when they were not nearly full grown, and one of 

 them, having been accidentally preserved, was found in the end of 

 September, to have become soft, sweet and melting ; and it would 

 have been generally pronounced a good Pear in any season. Its 

 size was fully as great as that attained by the Crassane in this 

 vicinity. 



Monarch. Plate II. fig. 4. 



Fruit middle-sized, obovate ; stalk short, rather thick ; eye open, placed in a shallow 

 depression. Skin yellowish, much speckled with brown, and having a tinge of brownish 

 red next the sun. Flesh yellowish, melting, buttery, rich and sugary ; slightly musky 

 but not disagreeably so. An excellent Pear. Season, January. 



Two Pears of this variety, having been incidentally preserved 

 with the one above-mentioned, became like it, soft, sweet and melt- 



