manner of a Chaumontelle; about three inches and a half long, and three inches in diameter. Eye narrow, open, with a coriaceous calyx, placed in a shallow uneven basin. Stalk an inch long, stout, inserted in a narrow cavity. Skin dull lemon colour, covered with numerous grey specks, and marbled with various ramifications of grey russet. Flesh yellowish white, melting, very buttery. Juice plentiful, very saccharine, and of a very high flavour.

This noble Pear was raised by Dr. Van Mons at Louvaine, and by him named in honour of Dr. Augustus Frederick Adrian Diel, one of the most distinguished of the German pomologists. Its great merit, independent of its excellence, is its fertility, both when trained against a wall and as a standard. In the former case it succeeds perfectly on an eastern aspect; in the latter, its fruit retains its good qualities in as high a degree as when grown upon a wall.

121. BEURRE RANCE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 130. t. 2. f. 4. Pom. Mag. t. 88.

Beurré Rance. Van Mons, Arb. Fruit. p. 373. according to the Pom. Mag.

Beurré Epine.
Hardenpont de Printemps.

} of some Collections.

Fruit about the same size as that of the Saint Germain, and not much unlike it in shape; oblong, and tapering to the stalk; about three inches and a half long, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, open, with a very short calyx, scarcely or but very slightly sunk. Stalk one inch and a half long, rather slender, inserted without any cavity; in some specimens it is diagonally inserted under a broad elongated lip. dark green at all times, even when most ripe, sprinkled with many russetty specks. Flesh greenish white, melting, rather gritty at the core, but of a delicious rich flavour. The fruit generally shrivels in ripening.

Skin

In eating from December till March or April.

This very excellent Pear was raised by the late Counsellor Hardenpont, at Mons, and fruit of it was sent, by M. Parmentier of Enghien, to the Horticultural Society, in November, 1820.

122. BEZY DE CAISSOY. Duhamel, No. 59. t. 29. Bezy de Quessoy. Ib.

Fruit small, of an oblong figure, a little enlarged at the crown; about one inch and a half long, and the same in diameter. Eye very small, with a short flat calyx, placed in a very small, shallow, circular basin. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. Skin green, turning yellow as it becomes ripe; marked and spotted with red on the sunny side. Flesh buttery, with a very rich juice.

In eating from November till March.

This succeeds on the Pear, but not on the Quince. The Bezy de Caissoy was discovered in the Forest of Caissoy, in Bretagne, where it is called Roussette d'Anjou. It is a most productive bearer in an open standard, and well deserving of cultivation.

123. CHAUMONTEL. Miller, No. 78.

Bezy de Chaumontelle. Duhamel, No. 78. t. 40. Beurré d'Hiver. Ib.

Fruit large, of an oblong, and somewhat irregular figure, having some slightly obtuse angles, which, more or less, extend from the stalk to the crown; generally about three inches and a half long, and three inches broad. Eye small, deeply sunk in a very angular basin. Stalk short, inserted in a rather deep angular cavity. Skin a little scabrous, yellowish green on the shaded

side, but of a brown or purplish colour when fully exposed to the sun and highly ripened. Flesh melting, and full of a sugary and highly perfumed juice.

In eating from November till January or February. It succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

This very valuable Pear was found wild at Chaumontel, a lordship in the department of the Oise; and DuHAMEL, in 1765, says the original tree was then alive and in health. It is a very hardy tree, and bears well. in this country as an open standard, and particularly so on an espalier, where, if well managed, the fruit grows large, and in fine seasons ripens extremely well. Notwithstanding this, it ought to be planted on a south or south-east wall, in case of cold and unfavourable

seasons.

The French say it succeeds best when grafted on the Quince, and planted on rich light soil. The Jersey gardeners grow the Chaumontelle to a much larger size than what is described above, and fruit from thence I have seen exhibited at the Horticultural Society far exceeding belief. Specimens like these are not to be expected from gardeners in this country; but they may do a great deal towards accomplishing this object, by planting their trees on a good soil and upon a favourable aspect; keeping them in a high state of health; training their branches ten or twelve inches apart; selecting and allowing only strong young spurs to remain; and thinning out the fruit, so that they shall not be nearer each other than the branches are apart. We have a sufficient proof of what may be effected by judicious management, in the exhibitions of gooseberries at the shows in Lancashire and Cheshire. John Bratherton produced a specimen of his Roaring Lion at Nantwich, in 1825, which weighed thirty-one pennyweights sixteen grains; an ample confirmation of what may be done by skill and perseverance.

124. COLMAR. Miller, No. 54. Duhamel, No. 94.

t. 50.

Poire Manne. Ib.

Bergamotte Tardive. Knoop. Pom. p. 134.
Incomparable. Ib.

Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure; about three inches and a quarter long, and two inches and three quarters in diameter, Eye large, and deeply hollowed. Stalk an inch long, rather thick, bent, inserted in a tolerably deep oblique cavity. Skin smooth, green, with a few yellowish grey specks; as it becomes mature, it turns more yellow, and has sometimes a little colour on the sunny side. Flesh greenish white, very tender, and full of a saccharine, rich, highly-flavoured juice.

In eating from November till January.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 125. D'AUCH. Forsyth, Ed. 7. No. 68.

Poire d'Auch.

Of some Collections.

Fruit pretty large, of a pyramidal turbinate figure, greatly resembling the Colmar in almost every respect, except in being a little more full next the stalk, and in being, perhaps, a fortnight later in arriving at maturity; its flesh is, moreover, never yellow, and it has the advantage of a higher flavour.

A similarity of appearance has led some to suppose they were both the same. Experience, however, does not warrant this supposition; for, in every situation where it has been tried, it has proved far more productive, and also a much hardier tree. It was introduced into this country before 1817, by the late Duke of Northumberland.

126. EASTER Beurré. Pom. Mag. t. 78. Bergamotte de la Pentecôte. Nois. Manuel, Vol. ii.

p. 537.

Beurré d'Hiver de Bruxelles. Taschenbuch, p. 420.

Dayenné d'Hiver. Of some Collections, according to the Pom. Mag.

Fruit large, roundish oblong, broadest towards the eye, nearly four inches long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye small with a connivent calyx, sunk in a moderately deep depression. Stalk short, thick, sunk in a deep obtuse-angled cavity. mottled with small russetty dots; yellowish, and coloured with brown, somewhat streaky, on the sunny side. Flesh whitish, inclining to yellow, perfectly buttery and melting, and extremely highflavoured.

Skin green, thickly when ripe becoming

In eating from November till May.

This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince.

Of all the very late keeping Pears this is decidedly the best. It has been recently introduced into this country from the Continent, but its origin there is not known. It is a most profuse bearer, grafted upon the Quince, and requires a south or south-east wall.

This must not be confounded with the Easter Bergamot, a good but inferior variety; from which it is distinguishable, not only by its fruit, but also by its wood, which is reddish brown, not green, as that of the former

sort.

The Easter Beurré bears well as an open standard in the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick. The specimens produced there in 1830, were very beautiful; three inches and a quarter long, and three inches in diameter. 127. FLEMISH BON-CHRETIEN.

Bon-chrétien Nouvelle Espèce.. Hort. Gard. Coll. Fruit large, oblong, turbinate, tapering towards the stalk, where it is slightly compressed; about four inches and a half long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye open, with a very short calyx, sunk in a rather shallow, round, even, depression. Stalk one inch and a half long, embossed next the fruit, a little curved,