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NOVELTIES, &C., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
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upwards of an incli long, and inserted in a small round cavity. Elesh 
tender, melting, juicy, brisk, and witli a fine, sprightly, vinous, and per¬ 
fumed flavour, 
Tlie fruit does not keep long, as it rots at tlie core shortly after being 
gathered; but the variety is a desirable sort at this season (beginning of 
September), and if gathered before it is perfectly ripe it will, no doubt, 
keep much longer after being gathered. The Summer Beurre d’Aremberg 
was raised by Mr. Bivers from the old Beurre d’Aremberg, and the tree 
forms naturally a perfect pyramid, is hardy, and a great bearer. 
and description. The size, as will be seen, is not large, and the form is 
somewhat turbinate or short obovate, and even in outline. Skin of a 
lemon colour, slightly veined with cinnamon-coloured russet, with a patch 
of the same here and there, particularly round the stalk. Eye very small, 
frequently wanting, and set very deeply in a deep and narrow basin. Stalk 
NOVELTIES, &c., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
?WO new and distinct double-flowered Pelargoniums have recently 
received first-class certificates. One, Victor, shown by Mr. George 
Smith, Islington, with very bright orange scarlet flowers, quite in 
advance of anything in the same hue of colour ; the other, Sparkhill 
Beautg, which was shown at the Leicester Meeting of the Royal 
