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X. Descriptions of several New Varieties of Fruit raised by 

 Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. from Seed; together with 

 Notes thereon by Mr. Knight. 



Th e following account of some of the new fruits raised at Downton 

 has been prepared from descriptions made in the Society's Garden 

 by Mr. Robert Thompson, to which notes have been added by 

 Mr. Knight. As these varieties appear of considerable importance, 

 it was considered desirable that an early opportunity should be 

 taken of making the public acquainted with them. 



1. March Bergamot Pear. 



Fruit middle-sized, in form and appearance resembling the 

 Autumn Bergamot. Flesh buttery, a little gritty near the core, 

 rich and excellent. Season, March, or later. 



Note. — Owing to its resemblance in form to the Autumn Ber- 

 gamot, and its ripening chiefly in March, (it may be preserved 

 later) I have named this sort the March Bergamot. The sample 

 sent was not favourable in any respect, the most perfect having 

 been previously eaten, owing to my having erroneously supposed 

 that I had sent a sample of the fruit in autumn. No pains were 

 taken to preserve those that remained, and which it appears were 

 found to be excellent after enduring the carriage to London in 

 the beginning of March. It will be found a much larger and a 

 much better pear when grown in the Garden of the Society. 

 The fruit is, I think quite as large as that of an old Autumn 

 Bergamot tree was, which formerly grew in the same soil and 



