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THE PEAR. 
SURPASSE VlRGALIEU. Mail 
Virgouleuse. Colmar Van Mons? 
Tin precise origin of this very delicious fruit is not known, 
It was first sent out from the nursery of the late Mr. Andrew 
Parmentier, of Brooklyn, under this name, and is, perhaps, an 
unrecognised foreign pear, so named by him in allusion to its 
surpassing the favourite Yirgalieu (White Doyenne) of New- 
York. > 
Fruit rather large, obovate, sometimes roundish-obovate. 
Skin smooth, pale lemon yellow, with a very few minute dots, 
and rarely a little faint red on the sunny side. Stalk rather 
more than an inch long, not deeply planted in a cavity rather 
higher on one side. Calyx rather small, and pretty firm, set in 
a slight, smooth basin. Flesh white, exceedingly fine grained 
and buttery, abounding with delicious, high flavoured, aromatic 
juice, different from that of the Doyenne. October. 
SlTZETTE DE BAVAY. Al. Pom. 
Raised by Major Esperen. Tree vigorous on pear and quince, 
and very productive. 
Fruit small, obconic, angular. Skin yellowish, sprinkled with 
minute dots, and some traces of russet. Stalk very long, curv- 
ed, inserted in an irregular cavity by a fleshy ring. Calyx 
open, basin shallow and uneven. Flesh whitish, melting, su- 
gary and somewhat perfumed, refreshing and vinous. Ripe Jan- 
uary, March. Has not yet succeeded well here ; may be good on 
quince. 
Tarquin de Pyrenees. 
Tree vigorous. Fruit large, pyriform. Stem long, stout, 
fleshy at its junction, without cavity. Calyx large, open, with 
persistent segments, in a broad, irregular basin, surrounded by 
rosset. Skin green, sprinkled or patched with russet, and 
thickly covered with brown dots. Flesh of poor quality, a very 
long keeper, and said to keep two years. Only a cooking pear. 
Taylor Pear. 
Merriweatber. 
Originated on the farm of Mr. Merriweather, near Charlottes- 
ville, Albemarle Co., Va. Tree vigorous, young wood olive, 
productive. 
