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Sweet and rich, ■with a highly delicious aromatic flavor. — Seeds, usually 

 full, short and blackish. — Stem, six-eighths of an inch in length, thick, 

 and somewhat curved. — Calyx, small, moderately deep, segments, short, 

 reflexed and persistent. — Season, September. 



This description was made from specimens, grown in ordinary soil, and 

 will be found correct, as an average, on full bearing trees. We have 

 seen specimens grown in rich soil, and with high culture, that more than 

 doubled the size of description. 



PEARS— BuFFCM. 



The Buffum pear originated in Rhode Island, and was introduced to 

 notice of fruit growers, sometime about 1827-8. It was first fully des- 

 cribed in Hovey's Magazine for 1844, although both Manning and Ken- 

 rick had previously noticed it. The trees are upright, strong growers, 

 with reddish brown shoots, uniformly productive, and rarely affected 

 with blight. Fruit somewhat variable in quality from superior to insipid, 

 as it is more or less exposed to the sun in ripening. 



Size, medium. — Form oblong obovate, one side usually a little depres- 

 sed. — Color, from a dull, brownish green, to a deep yellow, one half 

 finely suffused with bright red, sprinkled with small brown dots, or a lit- 

 tle russet. — Stem, short, stout, inserted in a shallow cavity. — Calyx, with 

 small segments. — Basin, broad and shallow. — Flesh, white, buttery, sweet 



