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44. White BEunni:. —Ripens about the beginning of September; keeps only a 

 few days ; a fine table pear. 



45. Rose-Water. — Ripens about the latter end of September. Color brown, 

 skin rough ; juice very sweet, tasting like rose-water. 



46. RussELET. — Ripens with the last. Flesh soft and tender; juice agreeably 

 perfumed. 



47. Keather.— A Clydesdale fruit. Color green; snape oblong. Hardy tree ; 

 fit for orchards. 



48. Elsine, (Jwl) halft. or Goodman. — A Scotch fruit. Size small, long, and 

 flat at one end ; color green and yellow ; flavor sweet, dry, and hard. A great 

 bearer. 



49. French Carnock. — A fruit of middling qualities. 



50. DuuMMOND, or Late Scotch Carnock. — Color bright red and yellow. Should 

 be eaten off" the tree ; is apt to get dry and mealy if kept many days. 



61. Vicar. — Shape oblong; color yellow, red, and striped; flesh tender; flavor 

 sweet and musky ; rather dry in eating, particularly if too ripe. 



52. Royal Orange Bergamot. — Color yellow, sometimes striped or tinged 

 \ivith red. 



53. Great Mouth-water. — Ripens about the end of September. Flesh melt- 

 ing, and full of juice. Tolerable bearer. 



54. Prince's Pear. — Ripens with the last. Juice very high flavored. Is a great 

 bearer. 



55. Summer Bergamot.— Ripens with the last. Often called Hamden's Ber- 

 gamot. Flesh melting, highly perfumed. Good bearer. 



50. Autumn Bergamot. — Ripens in the beginning of October; keeps some 

 weeks; is smaller than the last; flesh melting, and the juice highly perfumed. It 

 is a great bearer, and worthy of a wall upon an east or west aspect. 



57. Williams' Bonciiretien. — A seedling from Berkshire, and known to have 

 originated in the garden of a schoolmaster, at Aldermaston, in that county, about 

 thirty years ago. A valuable pear for the market-gardeners. Is a great bearer, and 

 succeeds the Windsor and Jargonelle, and bears well upon standards ; it very much 

 resembles the Summer Bonchretien. Color pale green and russet; very juicy; and 

 of a pyramidal form. 



58. Summer Bonchretien, or Grac/oZ/.— Very juicy ; richly perfumed. 



59. True Golden Beurr*.— Ripens in October. Resembles the brown Beurr(' in 

 size ; color reddish brown next the sun ; is a very fine fruit ; but does not keep long. 



GO. Beurr^ Capiaumont. — Introduced here from Brussels in 1820. Has been 

 fruited by Kni.jht, Braddick, and others. Fruit larger than the St. Germain's ; pyra- 

 midal, tapering very much towards the stalk, which is long and slender ; skin smooth, 

 of a light cinnamon color, with a rich gold color showing through it ; flesh white, 

 perfectly white melting juice, rich and sugary; keeps till the end of November. 



61. La Bonne Malinoise. — Introduced here in 1818 or 1819. Has fruited in 

 this country, and is recommended as an excellent pear; skin of a dull pale yellow 

 color, very much covered with smooth russet in large patches ; flesh yellowish, 

 melting, extremely rich and sweet ; ripens towards the end of November. 



02. The Forelle Pear. — A German variety, brought into Flanders, and thence 

 into this country. It is named Forelle (Trout) from its color, which resembles the 

 rich spotting of that fish. In shape and size it much resembles the Doyenne Blanc, 

 though perhaps a little more oval ; skin bright yellow, very deep on the side next 

 the sun ; sprinkled with many small yellow spots, surrounded by a brown or reddish 

 ring, which gives the fruit a singular appearance ; flc^h white, melting, without grit, 



