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month ; and, in some manuscript notes on the new Flemish 

 Pears, which I have by me, communicated by M. Parmen- 

 tier, he says, speaking of this variety, " that it will continue 

 in eating from the end of January till the beginning of May." 

 Some specimens sent by Mr. Braddick to Mr. Wilbraham, 

 in November last, were found not ripe on the 14th of that 

 month. 



This is sometimes called the Due d'Aremberg, and the 

 Poire d'Aremberg ; it is also called by Dr. Van Mons, the 

 Colmar Deschamps, having, he says, been raised by M. Des- 

 champs ; but the Beurre (if an old prefix is to be used), which 

 is M. Parmentiers name, seems most proper, as it conveys 

 an idea of the quality of the fruit. A Pear, with this name, 

 is described by M. Noisette, in the Jardin Fruitier, page 

 170, and is there stated to have been brought by him from 

 Brabant, in 1806, from the garden of the Prince d'Aremberg. 

 Specimens of this Pear have been received from M. Noisette, 

 but it proves to be not the Beurre d'Aremberg, but the 

 Gloux Morceaux, a variety which I shall have occasion to 

 speak of hereafter. Mr. Braddick, and probably others, 

 have grown this latter Pear from grafts or buds received from 

 M. Noisette, under its erroneous name. 



The Bezy Vaet. 

 Raised from seed by M. Parmentier, at Enghien. Dr. 

 Van Mons considers it a variety otChaumontel; the specimens 

 received from M. Parmentier in 1820 had, however, a 

 closer resemblance to the Swan's Egg. It has fruited in the 

 garden of Lord Henry Fitzgerald, at Thames Ditton. It 

 is of the form of the Swan's Egg, but larger, the eye little 



