The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . our Magazine, (Vol. 58,) and his specimens were produced on trees the scionsof which were among the first lot received by Messrs Man-ning and Kenrick, from Dr. Van Mons, in 1835 ; Noisette,however, describes a pear as the Ferdinand de Meester, whichVan Mons named after his gardener, and it is scarcely possiblethat two distinct varieties would be named with so slight adifference. As Van Mons, in making up his list, would un-doubtedly send the true names, we infer that, although he Descri
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . our Magazine, (Vol. 58,) and his specimens were produced on trees the scionsof which were among the first lot received by Messrs Man-ning and Kenrick, from Dr. Van Mons, in 1835 ; Noisette,however, describes a pear as the Ferdinand de Meester, whichVan Mons named after his gardener, and it is scarcely possiblethat two distinct varieties would be named with so slight adifference. As Van Mons, in making up his list, would un-doubtedly send the true names, we infer that, although he Descriptiojis of Select Varieties of Pears. 207 did dedicate it to his gardener, he only gave part of his name,and that the addition of Ferdinand was a mistake of specimens were produced on a tree received as the Fer-dinand de Meester, and, as it is identical with Mr. ManningsRousselet de Meester, in the absence of more accurate infor-mation,, we adhere to his authority. The Rousselet de Meester, {Jig. 24,) is a fine pear, pos-sessing a very sugary and melting flesh, and a rich, perfumed. Fig. 24. Rousselet de Meester. flavor. The tree is a vigorous grower, making strong stockywood, of a grayish olive color, and it succeeds well eitherupon the quince or pear. From the product of one smalltree, we should judge that it would prove a great bearer. Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and twoand a half broad: Form, obovate, regular, little contractedbelow the middle, and obtuse at the stem : Skin, smooth,greenish-yellow, and thinly covered with green and russet 208 Pomological Notices. specks : Stem^ long, about one and a half inches, rather slen-der, curved, and obliquely inserted in a small, shallow cavity:Eye, medium size, open, and sunk in a very shallow basin ;segments of the calyx very short, rounded : Flesh, yellowish,little coarse, melting, and very juicy: Flavor, rich, sugary,very highly perfumed, and delicious : Core, rather large :Seeds, large, pale br
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