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known, but whatever may have been the occasion of its being so 

 called, there is certainly no good reason for the continuation of such 

 a designation. About the year 1797, this sort is stated by the German 

 writers as having been then lately obtained from the garden of the 

 Earl of Murray, at Menin, in West Flanders. This led to the 

 supposition of its having been brought thither from England. 

 Sickler. in 1800, took the first opportunity of publishing an account 

 of it, accompanied with a figure of the fruit of its usual size, in the 

 Teutsche Obstgartner, vol. ii. p. 352. This was done with the view 

 of preventing in some measure the rapidly spreading deceptions re- 

 specting it. But still he left a hope that it might in future seasons, 

 and under different treatment, arrive at a much larger size ; and an 

 expectation of this nature still continues with some. Experience 

 however has proved, that any material amelioration from either soil, 

 climate, or even age of the tree, is not to be expected. Except as an 

 Arboretum subject, its propagation should be entirely laid aside. 



§ III. Fruit heart-shaped or oval, uniform pale yellow. 

 34. White Tartarian. 

 Syn. White Tartarian. Hort. Cat. No. 200. 



Fraser's White Tartarian. Fors. Treat. 80. 

 Fraser s White Transparent. Ib. 



Branches erect. Shoots moderately strong, brown on the exposed side, pale yellowish 

 green where shaded. Leaves middle-sized, oblong, rather pendulous, slightly waved, 

 coarsely serrated, of rather thin substance, with the veins beneath prominent. Petioles 

 short, purplish, with reniform glands of a yellow colour. Flowers middle-sized, opening 

 about the usual season. Petals oblong-obovate, not imbricated. Stamens slender, about 

 the length of the style. Fruit small, roundish, inclining to an obtuse heart shape, the 

 apex slightly depressed ; on one side the suture is distinctly marked ; the other is regu- 

 larly convex. Stalk about two inches in length, rather slender, inserted in a small cavity. 

 Skin of an uniform pale transparent yellow. Flesh of nearly the same colour as the skin, 

 tender, juicy and sweet. Stone large, oval. 



Ripens about the middle of July, and is a tolerably good bearer. 



