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Notice of Five Varieties of Pears. 



tivation ; being of opinion that our lists are already sufficiently 

 provided with varieties of inferior quality. 



Those to which I propose to call attention, are, 



1. Marie Louise. 



2. Duchesse d'Angouleme. 



3. Doyenne gris. 



4. Doyenne panache. 



5. Beurre d'Aremberg. 



1. Marie Louise. 



The high character which this variety has received in the 

 Transactions of the Society, Vol. iv. page 519, plate 20, has 

 been fully confirmed by the specimens received in the present 

 season. Those from Jersey were much longer and yellower 

 than is represented in the figure referred to, which is a 

 faithful likeness of the variety, in the state in which it was 

 produced this year upon a standard tree in the garden of 

 John Motteux, Esq. at Beechamwell, in Norfolk. There is 

 no doubt that this Pear will soon become as generally cul- 

 tivated as it deserves. 



2. Duchesse d'Angouleme, 



This was sent, for the first time, some years since by M. 

 Noisette from Paris, and also in 1825, by Mr. Peter Lan- 

 gelier, from Jersey. It is of a roundish oblong figure, taper- 

 ing towards the stalk, with an extremely uneven knobby sur- 

 face. Both the eye and stalk are deeply sunk in an irregular 

 cavity, the stalk being about one fifth the length of the fruit, 

 which generally measures about three inches and a half each 

 way, but sometimes acquires a much greater size. The skin is 

 pale yellow, copiously and regularly spotted with broad russet 



