68 Descriptions of several New Varieties of Fruit, 



the French wines depend greatly more on the skill of the makers, 



than upon the merits of their grapes. 



13. Monarch Pear. 



(Described 2nd. Series, Vol. I. p. 106 ; pi 2, fig. 4.) 

 Note.— I had this year, (1834), a sufficient quantity of the 

 Monarch Pear to enable me to ascertain the specific gravity of its 

 juice which is 1096, that is fifteen above the Stire Apple, and 

 about that which a dissolution of 21b. 6 oz. of sugar would give 

 to 81b. of water. I doubt whether the specific gravity of the juice 

 of the grapes which afford the best French wines, be much greater, 

 and the taste and flavour of the expressed juice of the Monarch 

 Pear appear to me to be very delightful. I am planting it very 

 largely for Perry, in perfect confidence that sixpence per imperial 

 quart of its expressed juice, will afford a very high remunerating 

 price. I imagined till the present season that the excessively 

 vigorous growth of the variety would render it unproductive as 

 a wall-tree, but grafts inserted three years ago are now bear- 

 ing fruit and have formed a most abundant blossom for the next 

 year. 



14. Dunmore Plum. 



Fruit about the size of Coe's Golden Drop, oval, distinctly 

 marked by the suture, flattened, or slightly depressed on the apex. 

 Stalk moderately strong, about three quarters of an inch in length. 

 Skin in colour like Coe's Golden Drop. Flesh adhering to the 

 stone, yellowish, extremely rich and sugary — so much so that it 

 shrivels and dries like a preserved prune. Stone tolerably large, 

 irregularly elliptic, flattened. A most valuable late plum. Ripe 

 in October. 



Note.— This variety sprang from a seed of the Purple Impera- 

 trice and pollen of Coe's Golden Drop, and the trees grow and 



