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NEW FRUITS. 
ANALYSES OP CLAY SOILS. (DR 
VOELCKER.) 
Water, driven off at 212° F. . 
No. I. 
No. II. 
No. III. 
5.539 
Organic matter and water of combination 
3.621 
3.38 
6.11 
I 
Alumina .... 
\ 
3.070 
6.67 
S.34 
Carbonate of Lime . 
.740 
Lime .... 

1.44 
.41 
Magnesia .... 
.605 
.92 
1.49 
Potash .... 
.269 
1.48 
J .65 
Soda .... 
.220 
1.08 
Phosphoric Acid 
.386 
.51 
Soluble Silica 
1.450 
} 72.83 
.01 
Insoluble Silicates (fine clay) 
84.000 
80.09 
Chlorine, Sulphuric Acid 
traces. 
traces. 
traces. 
Carbonic Acid and loss . . 

2.87 
2-27 
100.000 
100.00 
100.00 
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No. I. Clay soil of tbe Now Red Sandstone formation near Bridgewater, improved very much by burning 
No. II. Clay soil from Huntstile Farm, near Bridgewater. 
No. III. Clay subsoil, from Mobberly, in Cheshire*. 
%m /raits. 
Gathoye's Peach. — M. Gathoye, horticulturist near Liege, has raised from seed this new variety of 
peach, which deserves to he in every good collection. The form is rounded ; its diameter is from an 
inch and a half to two inches ; the stalk short, bearing at the base one or two leaves, which are long, 
straight, finely toothed, and sharply pointed. The stalk is inserted in a deep cavity ; sometimes at 
the summit of the fruit there is a small short point ; sometimes a slight cavity. The down is short 
and not very abundant. The ground colour is yellow passing to pale green at the parts shaded, the 
yellow almost entirely covered with innumerable red dots ; the colour formed by this dotting at the 
side next the sun is deep purple. It is more remarkable for its rich colour than for its size. 
Count d'Ansembourg Peach. — This is a variety newly raised by M. Gathoye. It is of large 
size and is particularly characterized by its spherical form, slightly elongated, and by a fine and 
reflexed point at the summit. The medium size is about three inches in length, and two inches and a 
half in breadth. The stalk is deeply inserted. The skin is covered with fine silky down, of a light- 
green colour passing to deep violet on a purple ground at tbe side next the sun, and ultimately 
becoming almost quite black ; the whole is studded thickly with innumerable red spots or freckles. 
The flesh is greenish, and of a blood red colour next the nut. The flavour is very agreeable, being- 
sweet and vinous, and having a delicate aroma. The tree is vigorous. 
Lekerbetje Pear. — Every body knows the Glou or Goulou Morceau Pear, to which M. de Bavay 
gives also the synonymes of Beurre d'Hardenpont, Goulou Morceau de Cambron, Beurre de Kent, 
Beurre Lombard, and also Beurre d'Aremberg. Although M. Verreghem, a distinguished pomologist 
of Furnes (West Flanders), has named his new Pear Lekerbetje, which in Flemish has the same sig- 
nification as Goulou Morceau, it must not be supposed that these two fruits are identical. This is an 
excellent variety, being very sweet and well flavoured. It measures from three to four inches long, 
and about two inches and a half broad. Its form is turbinate, almost always oblique, or crooked ; the 
point long, and attenuated to the stalk which is of a brown colour. The eye is small, circular, and 
bordered. The skin is green, rough to the touch owing to the red and yellow gritty particles, between 
which the green is seen. The flesh is soft, juicy, very sweet and aromatic. The tree does not attain 
a great size, but is very hardy and fertile. It grows freely in the sandy soil of Furnes, where the 
fruit generally ripens between the first and third week of October. 
Childeric I. Pear. — This Pear, obtained from an espalier, appears to have originated from the 
Duchesse d'Angouleme, which is, as is well known, one of the Belgian varieties, having been first 
discovered in the neighbourhood of Antwerp ; subsequently it came to be much grown in the island of 
Jersey, and has there been generally found to weigh about twenty-two ounces. Childeric I. differs from 
the Duchesse d'Angoulerne by its length, its form, and the absence of protuberances so conspicuous in 
the latter. Its length is from four to six inches, and its greatest diameter at the base is from two to 
three inches. The eye is regular and placed in a somewhat deep orbicular cavity. The skin is 
greenish, inclining to yellow at maturity, much spotted or freckled, the freckles being of two kinds, 
yellow and brown, which is not the case with the Duchesse d'Angouleme. It ripens about November or 
December : the flesh is very sweet, white, juicy, and grateful. According to M. Decrasse the tree is very 
fertile and vigorous, and well adapted for training in the espalier form. — La Belgique Sorticole. 
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