Varieties of Fruits. 



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a standard : the fruit should be gathered about the end of 

 September, for if allowed to remain longer on the tree it is 

 apt to become mealy. 



Roger Wilbraham, Esq. sent a fine specimen of the 

 Napoleon Pear, the produce of a graft received by the So- 

 ciety from Dr. Van Mons, of Brussels. The form is pyra- 

 midal, but irregular, something like a Colrnar. The skin is 

 green, becoming pale yellow when fully ripe. Flesh white, 

 a little inclined to pale dull yellow, of pleasant consistence, 

 melting and juicy, of excellent flavour, and much sweetness. 

 The core is small, almost free from grit, and the seeds, which 

 are few and small, are inserted near the head. This Pear is 

 interesting, as being the first of the new Flemish varieties pro- 

 duced in this country with an authenticated name. So much 

 confusion existed in the manner in which both the specimens 

 of the fruits and the grafts were sent over by Dr. Van Mons, 

 that it will be a work of time and considerable attention to 

 affix the original names to the produce of the trees now abun- 

 dant in the gardens of those Members of the Society, who 

 have attended to the growth of these valuable fruits, which 

 the industry of the Flemish gardeners has recently acquired. 

 The greater part, if not all of them, are now in this country, 

 and it will be the endeavour of the Society to disseminate 

 them as rapidly as possible. The description which is given 

 in page 406 of the second volume of the Transactions, of a 

 Pear received from Dr. Van Mons with this name, in 1816, 

 proves how inaccurately the fruits were named which were 

 occasionally received ; the Pear there described is certainly 

 another variety. 



