The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . f the Massachu-setts Horticultural Society in Mr. Cooks office in Septem-ber, when it was over ripe. 34. Muscat Robert.—The size is small; skin a clear lightyellow; flesh good, with a peculiar flavor; a great in July. This is one of the old French pears, but lit- thirtynine varieties of Pears. 63 tie known here. I think as it ripens early, it deserves moreattention than it has received. 35. Muscadine.—Tn size, shape and color, it resemblesthe Dearborns seedling; it is a first rate p
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . f the Massachu-setts Horticultural Society in Mr. Cooks office in Septem-ber, when it was over ripe. 34. Muscat Robert.—The size is small; skin a clear lightyellow; flesh good, with a peculiar flavor; a great in July. This is one of the old French pears, but lit- thirtynine varieties of Pears. 63 tie known here. I think as it ripens early, it deserves moreattention than it has received. 35. Muscadine.—Tn size, shape and color, it resemblesthe Dearborns seedling; it is a first rate pear, ripening inSeptember. This variety originated in the vicinity of New-burgh, N. Y., and was introduced to notice by Messrs. Down-ing, of that place, from whom I received scions. [In our firstvolume, J). 364, will be found a communication from our cor-respondents Messrs. Downing, describing this pear, togetherwith an engraving of the fruit taken from a specimen sent tous by those gentlemen. As many of our present readers maynot possess our earlier volumes we repeat the engraving ]. The Muscadine Pear. 36. Hampderis Bergamot.—The size is large; skin fruit was injured by being blown from the tree beforeripe. I received the scions from the London Horticultural 64 FlorlcuUural and Botanical JVolices, Society; it has the reputation in England of being a first ratefruit. Ripe in September. 37. Super-fondante.—Of medium size, form obovate; skinyellow, with a few red dots; flesh juicy, rich and in Octobei. The specimen tree, I received fromMessrs. Baumann. 38. Thompsons.—Medium size, form rather oblong; skinyellow with a kw russet specks and blotches; an excellenthigh flavored pear, ripe in October and November. Thescions were sent me from the garden of the London Horticul-tural Society. 39. Bcurre Kenrick (Van Mons, No. 1599.)—Mediumsize, flat at the blossom end, tapering to the stalk; color green-ish yellow wiih indistinct russet spots;
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