The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . are the DuchessedOrleans, Ferdinand de Meester, and Beurre Crapaud,—allvaluable additions to the catalogue of fine pears. 91. Bezi de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 1842. Trouv6 de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. Musqu6 (??) of some French collections. The Bezi de Montigny, {^fig. 20,) though estimated asscarcely a second-rate fruit in the Catalogue of the LondonHorticultural Society, is considered, by many American culti-vators, to be a pear well worthy of a place in good colle
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . are the DuchessedOrleans, Ferdinand de Meester, and Beurre Crapaud,—allvaluable additions to the catalogue of fine pears. 91. Bezi de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 1842. Trouv6 de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. Musqu6 (??) of some French collections. The Bezi de Montigny, {^fig. 20,) though estimated asscarcely a second-rate fruit in the Catalogue of the LondonHorticultural Society, is considered, by many American culti-vators, to be a pear well worthy of a place in good collec-tions. So excellent have been some specimens exhibitedbefore the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, that they Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 199 have been pronounced, under an unknown name, to bethe Urbaniste, one of the best of our autumn well grown and fully matured, it has much of theappearance of the Urbaniste: like that pear, it is of regularform, with a smooth, yellowish-green skin, and it also pos-sesses the same melting and refreshing juice : but, while it. Fig. 20. Bezi dc Montigny. is wanting in the sugary character of the Urbaniste, it nearlymakes up for it in its pleasant musky aroma. We considerit fully equal to the Bezi de la Motte, which we recently de-scribed, (XIII. p. 343,) and which some pomologists esteema most desirable pear. It is a free and vigorous grower, bearing regularly and 200 DescrijHions of Select Varieties of Pears. abundantly, and the fruit is always fair and handsome. Inshape and size, it is very similar to the Urbaniste; but it mayreadily be detected, by one peculiarity, from almost any otherpear, viz., the stem; this is always much swollen at its junc-tion with the tree, and it is unusually smooth, and distinctlydotted with whitish specks. It succeeds well either upon thequince or pear stock. Wood, brownish olive. Last season, we had the Doyenne Musque in fruit, and, aswe could not detect the least difference, eit
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