2 14 Notices of New or Remarkable 



Mr. John Wilmot also sent, on the 3d of August, a 

 very handsome blood-red Pine, grown at Isleworth by him- 

 self. The fruit is square set, or equal in bulk at both ends. 

 Pips of moderate size, much like those of a good Enville. 

 Colour dark, but rather a brick red than a blood colour. The 

 flesh is white and opaque ^ the leaves are large, of a change- 

 able hue, being partially of a vivid green, varied with dull 

 purple and red, and thickly covered with cinereous meal. 

 The specimen now described weighed three pounds, and was 

 considered the finest of the kind that has been produced. 

 The peculiar handsome appearance of this variety, whilst it 

 continues a novelty, will cause it to be partially cultivated ; 

 but its merit, in point of flavour, is so much below that of 

 most others, that it will only be preserved in the stove as a 

 curiosity. 



Pears. 



Mr. Hugh Ronalds exhibited specimens of the Green 

 Pear of Y air. This is a Scotch variety of very great excellence, 

 but is little known or cultivated in England, though men- 

 tioned by Forsyth and others. It ripens in the beginning 

 of September ; is of the size of a large Swan's Egg ; skin 

 green, slightly russetted ; flesh inclining to yellow, perfectly 

 melting, and sweet, with a very small core, almost free from 

 grit. It bears well as a standard. 



John Williams, Esq. sent from Pitmaston, specimens 

 of a seedling Pear which he had raised from the seed of the 

 Swan's Egg, impregnated with the pollen of the Ganseirs 

 Bergamotte. It is an excellent variety, partaking of the 

 character of both parents. Mr. Wi lli ams has named it the 

 St. Johns Swan's Egg. It is very hardy, and bears well on 



