it:-"The tree is of moderate growth, making a round, compact head, and is a good bearer. Young shoots reddish olive, thickly sprinkled with light dots. Although I have, in your last volume, p. 149, stated the time of its maturity to be October, they were not ripe, the last season, until from the middle. to the last of November, when I thought it the best pear then ripe."

Fig. 7. Coter.

To those who are fond of such brisk and vinous pears as the Beurré d'Aremberg, the Coter will not be so highly esteemed; but to those who like such as the Winter Nelis, it will be considered nearly or quite equal to that variety. The name does not appear in European Catalogues, and it is probable that it is only to be found in American collections. Our specimens were not ripe till the end of December, coming in after the Beurré Diel, and proving to be a most valuable winter pear.

Size, medium, about three inches long, and two and a half in diameter: Form, obovate, nearly regular, tapering to an obtuse point at the stem: Skin, light yellowish green, some

what clouded with grayish patches, and considerably russeted around the stem: Stem, medium length, about three quarters of an inch, rather stout, nearly straight, fleshy and swollen, and obliquely set upon an obtuse point: Eye, rather large, open, and moderately sunk in an open, round basin; segments of the calyx medium length, broad, pointed, and reflexed : Flesh, white, rather coarse, buttery, melting and juicy: Flavor, sugary, rich and delicious, with a slight perfume: Core, medium size: Seeds, medium size, rather broad and flat, dark brown. Ripe in December, and keeps a few weeks.

65. DOYENNE D'ETE. Theorie Van Mons.

The Doyenné d'Eté, (fig. 8,) though for some time known in France, in the vicinity of Nantes, where M. Poiteau, the

Fig. 8. Doyenné d'Eté.

author of the Théorie Van Mons, states it has been considerably cultivated, is entirely new to American collections. We believe it fruited, for the first time here, in our collection in

1845, when a small tree produced six or eight pears: last year, it bore upwards of a dozen, larger and finer than those of the year previous. Around Nantes, it is esteemed the best pear of the season, and, in comparison with the Citron des Carmes, we think it not only full as good, but a far more beautiful fruit, having a rich yellow skin, brilliantly shaded and spotted with crimson. It is about the same size as the Citron des Carmes, and the tree has the merit of bearing very young: it also thrives well upon the quince.

Mr. Kenrick, to whom all Pomologists are greatly indebted for the early communication of the lists containing the names and numbers of the new pears forwarded by Van Mons, and to whom the public are under great obligations for his labors in the introduction of new fruits, was the first to make this pear known to American cultivators, by his correct translation of M. Poiteau's description in the Hort. Reg. in 1836. But it does not seem to have been introduced for some time afterwards. We received it from Vilmorin of Paris, with many other new kinds, in the spring of 1843. The tree is quite unlike the Doyenné, having dull, brownish red wood, making moderately vigorous shoots, and having long, oval, pointed, dark green leaves. The fruit, like all summer pears, should be picked early, even before they have acquired any tint of yellow. They will then ripen off, and possess a flesh as melting as a white Doyenné. M. Jamin, in his Catalogue, sets it down as worthy of cultivation in the proportion of six to three of the Citron des Carmes.

Size, medium, about two inches long, and two inches in diameter: Form, roundish, turbinate, largest in the middle, gradually tapering to the stem, where it is obtuse: Skin, fair, smooth, pale yellowish green, becoming nearly yellow when mature, broadly shaded and marbled with brilliant red on the sunny side, and dotted with greenish russet specks: Stem, rather long, about one and a quarter inches, moderately stout, yellowish brown, slightly fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted without any cavity under a slight projection: Eye, small, closed, inserted in a very shallow basin; segments of the calyx short, stiff, projecting: Flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, buttery, melting, and juicy: Flavor, rich, sugary, sprightly, perfumed, and delicious: Core, medium size: Seeds,

small, flattened, dark brown. Ripe the end of July and beginning of August.

66. DOYENNE' BOUSSOCK.

Doyenné Boussock Nouvelle. Am. Orchardist.

The Doyenné Boussock is another variety, which was first made known to our collections by Mr. Kenrick, who brought

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Fig. 9. Doyenné Boussock.

scions home with him in the spring of 1841, on his return from Europe; a portion of these he liberally gave to Mr. Manning, in whose collection it first fruited in 1843. Mr. Kenrick subsequently described it, in his American Orchardist, under the name of Doyenné Boussock Nouvelle, where he states he received it from M. Jamin of Paris: but, upon a careful inspection of M. Jamin's latest Catalogue for 1843, we only find

the Doyenné Boussock enumerated, and hence conclude that the word Nouvelle was appended by M. Jamin merely to designate it as a new variety. Our tree, which bore last year, and from the fruit of which our drawing (fig. 9) was made, was received from Paris in the spring of 1843, under the name of Doyenné Boussock. The variety which the late Mr. Manning described in our Vol VIII. p. 56, as this pear, proved to be the Doyenné gris.

We have previously noticed a tree which has proved to be this pear, (Vol. XII. p. 470,) which was purchased in Boston at an auction of a lot of French fruit trees, and bore for the first time last season: and we have remarked that it is somewhat singular that, among the many new sorts which have, for several years, been imported by our amateurs and nurserymen, the variety should be almost unknown, especially as it proves to be so fine a fruit. It is nearly as large as the Duchesse d'Angouleme, and is even superior to that variety, having a rich, brisk, and vinous flavor, somewhat like the Marie Louise. All we know of its origin is what is stated by Mr. Kenrick, viz.,-"new and large; of superior excellence; ripening at Paris in November, according to M. Jamin, of whom I received the fruit." (p. 143.) The wood is of a reddish brown, sprinkled with large, round, grayish specks, much resembling the white Doyenné in color, but it is nearly as vigorous as the Beurré Diel, having very prominent buds, and remarkable for its large and thick leaves of a bright glossy green: it is a good bearer, and must rank among the best varieties which have been introduced.

Size, large, about three and a half inches long, and three inches in diameter: Form, obtusely obovate, regular, large at the crown, and tapering little to the stem, where it is very obtuse: Skin, fair, lemon yellow, nearly covered with numerous tracings of bright russet on one side, and regularly dotted with large russet specks on the other: Stem, short, about half an inch, stout, straight, wrinkled, brown, fleshy at the base, and moderately inserted in a large shallow cavity: Eye, medium size, open, little sunk in a moderately deep, open basin; segments of the calyx short, round: Flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, melting and juicy: Flavor, rich, sprightly, vinous, perfumed and excellent: Core, medium size: Seeds,