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 ил 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, small, very slender and long, almost black, mostly abortive. Ripe in October. ART. V. Descriptions and Engravings of Three New Apples. By the EDITOR. HAVING, in our several volumes, described and figured upwards of seventy varieties of pears, embracing many of the newest and most choice kinds, we now intend to devote the same attention to that most valuable fruit, the apple. Having collected together more than two hundred of the best varieties, and upwards of one hundred new American seedlings, and planted out specimen trees, of which several will come into bearing the present year, we shall have the opportunity of describing them from specimens produced under our own eye, and shall be enabled to give all the particulars of growth, productiveness, &c. These, we trust, will prove as interesting and instructive to pomologists as our articles on the pear. We now commence with the descriptions of three new and superior varieties, one of which has just been introduced to the notice of cultivators. The two first have already been briefly described in our pages, but we have not seen any description of the last. For the very fine specimens of the Red Canada and Northern Spy, we are again indebted to our friends in Western New York, Mr. Bissell of Rochester, who sent us the former, and J. H. Watts of the same city, who forwarded us a bushel of beautiful specimens of the latter. To Mr. Watts also, we are indebted for some account of the Northern Spy, which we have embodied in our description of that apple below. The varieties are as follows: I. TWENTY OUNCE. Mag. of Hort. Vol. X. p. 210. Gov. Seward's, Of some collections in New York. Of Cayuga county, New York. The first knowledge we had of this apple was in the autumn of 1843, when some very fine specimens were presented for exhibition, before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, by George Howland, Esq., of New Bedford, who procured them from trees on his farm in Cayuga county, New York. From their great beauty, as well as excellence, the committee awarded Mr. Howland a premium, and requested a few scions for distribution among the members, which were duly forwarded for that object. In the spring of 1844, we were fortunate in procuring a small tree of this variety, together Fig. 10. Twenty Ounce Apple. with several other new apples, selected from the orchards of the west, and the past year it produced two very beautiful specimens, not quite so large as those exhibited by Mr. Howland but of the size shown in our engraving, (fig. 10;) the tree from which they were gathered not being more than four feet high. If proves fully equal to the character we then gave it, and taking all its qualities into consideration, it must rank as one of the finest early winter apples we possess. Where it originated we have no information. The trees appear to be mostly confined to Cayuga county, New York. Size, large, about three and a half inches deep and four broad: Form, round, regular, slightly ribbed at the base: |
