mixed with small russetty specks. Flesh soft and melting, with a very rich musky saccharine juice.

Ripe the end of September and beginning of October, and will keep only a few weeks in perfection.

The Swan's Egg Pear is known to every gardener and dealer in fruit in every county in England; its great certainty in bearing, and the excellence of its fruit, render it an universal favourite. The tree is readily distinguished in the orchard from almost every sort, by its upright and spire-like growth.

103. URBANISTE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 411. Fruit pyramidally ovate, very even in form, but compressed towards the stalk; about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye a little sunk in a very narrow crown. Stalk an inch long, obliquely inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Skin pale green, inclining to yellow, profusely sprinkled with greenish specks, with small patches of grey russet dispersed over its whole surface, but more particularly round the eye and the stalk. Flesh white towards the outside, but deepens to a reddish yellow next the core, which is large, and possesses a small quantity of grit; it is, nevertheless, quite melting, juicy, and very sweet, with a little perfume.

Ripe the end of September and beginning of October.

Raised by the Count de Coloma, of Malines; and specimens of the fruit were exhibited at the Horticultural Society from that gentleman in 1823.

104. VERTE LONGUE.

No. 73.

Mouille-bouche.

Ib.

Miller, No. 36. Duhamel,

Muscat-fleuré. Bon Jard. 1827. p. 311.

Fruit pretty large, of a long pyramidal figure, about three inches and a half long, and two inches and a half in diameter. Eye small, with an open calyx, pro

minently seated on the convex summit.

Stalk an inch

long, straight, inserted without any cavity. Skin green, which continues till its maturity. Flesh white, melting, and very full of a saccharine, well-flavoured juice.

Ripe the middle of October, and will keep a few weeks only.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince; but it is best on the Pear on dry, hot soils.

105. VERTE LONGUE PANACHÉE. Duhamel, 74. t. 37.

Culotte de Suisse. Jard. Fruit. t. 38.

This in no way differs from the preceding one, except in being rather less, and in its striped fruit, which is beautifully coloured with green, yellow, and red. It ripens also at the same time, and succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince; but, like the former, it is best on the Pear for dry soils.

106. VIGNE. Miller, No. 39. Duhamel, No. 110. t. 58. f. 2.

Fruit small, of a turbinate figure, about one inch and three quarters long, and one inch and a half in diameter. Eye large and open. Stalk two inches long, slender, inserted in a small cavity. Skin rough, of a dull red colour, quite round, and full of grey specks. Flesh melting, and full of a pretty good juice.

Ripe the middle and end of October.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.
107. WHITE DOYENNÉ. Pom. Mag. t. 60.
Doyenné Blanc. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 233.
Doyenné. Duhamel, 81. t. 43.

Carlisle.

Citron de Septembre.
Kaiserbirne.

Poire à courte queue.

Poire de Limon.

Poire de Neige.

Poire de Seigneur.

Poire Monsieur.
Valencia.

White Beurré.

Of various Collections, according to the Pom. Mag.

Fruit pretty large, roundish oblong, narrowest at the stalk, about three inches and a half long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter. Eye very small, with small, acute, closed segments of the calyx, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, rather thick, inserted in a small cavity; in some specimens it is diagonally inserted under a small elongated lip. Skin pale citron yellow, speckled throughout, more or less, with cinnamon russet, and tinged with orange brown on the sunny side. Flesh white, juicy, very buttery, and delicious.

Ripe the end of September, and good for three or four weeks.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

An old and excellent Pear, bearing well in this country upon an open standard. It is one of the best to graft upon the Quince, and to cultivate en quenouille. It is best known in our gardens, and to English nurserymen, by the name of White Beurré.

SECT. V.- Winter Round-fruited.

108. AMBRETTE. Miller, No. 57. Duhamel, No. 65. t. 31.

Ambre Gris. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.

Ambrette Grise.

Ib.

Ambrette d'Hiver. Ib.

Fruit middle-sized, of a roundish figure, but rather larger at the crown than at the stalk; about two inches. and a half or two inches and three quarters deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, with an open, reflexed, flat calyx, placed in a very shallow impression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, stout, inserted in a very small cavity. Skin of a russet colour. Flesh melting, with a sugary musky juice.

In eating from November till January.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince; but it is more productive upon the latter stock.

109. BERGAMOTTE DE SOULERS. Duhamel, No. 51. t. 44. f. 1.

Fruit rather large, of a roundish turbinate figure; about two inches and three quarters long, and the same in diameter, broadest in the middle, and narrowed to each extremity. Eye small, within a shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, strong, curved, and inserted in an oblique cavity. Skin smooth, of a greenish white, full of green specks, but of a brownish red on the sunny side. Flesh buttery and melting, with a sweet agreeable juice.

In eating in January and through March.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 110. EASTER BERGAMOT. Miller, No. 69.

Bergamotte Bugi. Ib.

Bergamotte de Pâques. Duhamel, 52. t. 24.
Bergamotte d'Hiver.

Ib.

La Grillière. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.

Paddington.

Tarling.

Terling.

Of some Nurseries.

Winter Bergamot.

Fruit pretty large, of a roundish turbinate figure; three inches or more deep, and the same in diameter, but broadest at the crown. Eye small, closed, and sunk in a shallow basin. Stalk short, thick, inserted a little obliquely in a small shallow cavity. Skin green, quite round, and covered with numerous grey specks; but when matured it turns of a yellowish grey. Flesh white, half buttery, with a sugary, well-flavoured juice. In eating from January till April or May.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

The Easter Bergamot has been a long time in this country, having been planted at Hampton Court in the time of Queen Elizabeth. It requires a south or southeast wall, and a dry bottom; on colder aspects it never ripens perfectly. The Brocas Bergamot of M. Parmentier's list, in Hort. Trans. vol. v. is undoubtedly this Pear.

Fruit pretty large, of a somewhat globular figure, a little compressed at both extremities; about three inches and a half long, and nearly the same in diameter. Eye small, placed in a shallow narrow basin. Stalk three quarters of an inch long. Skin yellow, very much mottled with a pale russetty brown, particularly on the sunny side. Flesh rather dry, and apt to be gritty. Juice rather insipid, but is excellent when stewed. In use from January till March.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 112. GERMAN MUSCAT. Miller, No. 70. Muscat d'Allemagne. Duhamel, No. 72. t. 36, Fruit pretty large, broadly turbinate, and somewhat compressed towards the stalk, about three inches deep, and the same in diameter. Eye small, seated in a small shallow basin. Stalk one inch and a half long, slender,