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Flemish Beauty. Lind. Thomp. 
Belle de Flanders. Poire pavy. 
Bosch Nouvelle. Imperatrice de France. 
Bosch. Fondant Du Bois. 
3osc Sire. Boschpeer. 
Beurre Spence, (erroneously.) 
In good soils and open situations, the Flemish Beauty is cer- 
tainly one of the most superb pears in this climate. We have 
seen specimens, grown on the banks of the Hudson, the past 
summer, which measured twelve inches in circumference, and 
were of the finest quality. The tree is very luxuriant, and bears 
early and abundantly ; the young shoots upright dark brown. 
It should be remarked, however, that the fruit requires to be 
gathered sooner than most pears, even before it parts readily 
from the tree. If it is then ripened in the house, it is always 
fine, while, if allowed to mature on the tree, it usually becomes 
soft, flavourless, and decays soon. 
