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injury. It forms a fine shaped top and is very productive ; prom- 

 ises to be a valuable orchard variety ; succeeds perfectly on the 

 quince. Fruit large — sometimes twice as large as the figure here 

 given of it ; skin green, covered mostly with russet. Flesh white, 

 buttery, melting, with a vinous, refreshing flavor, usually rich, but 

 in some seasons rather less so, and the texture of the flesh has 

 occasionally proved soft. November. 



Oswego Beubre. 



O.swEGO Beurre. a Bergamot shaped pear, which from its great 

 hardiness and productiveness may prove a valuable orchard fruit ; 

 medium size, roundish, cinnamon russet. Is in eating condition a 

 long time. Has proved variable in quality, some seasons being 

 very fine indeed, and in others decidedly inferior. November, 

 December. 



Swan's Orange — Onondaga. A seedling of Connecticut, whence 

 it was carried to New York, and thence brought to notice. It is 

 said to vary in quality in different situations, but here it has uniforra- 



