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green dots. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, pleasantly subacid ; quality, good. Season, 

 wiuter. 



Lincolnshire Red Cnnt. — Tree a strong grower and an early bearer. Fruit large, 

 conical. Skin greenish-yellow, with a bright red cheek, and a little russet near the 

 steni and a few gray dots. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, sweet, of fine flavour. Season, 

 winter. 



Llcklenwalder. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit of medium size, globular. Skin 

 greenish-yellow, with a bronze-reddish chcL'k. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, crisiJ, 

 moderately juicy of a pleasant, mild acid character. Season, winter. 



Kossuth. — Tree a medium grower. Fruit small, oblate. Skin russet grceu, 

 sprinkled with gray dots and with a bronze cheek. Flesh white, firm, moderately 

 juicy, aromatic, of a mild, pleasant acid character. Season, winter. 



London Pippin. — Tree a strong grower and an early bearer. Fruit of medium 

 size, rather flat, irregular. Skiii clear yellow, with a dark red blush on the svmny side. 

 Flesh yellow, juicy, crisp, pleasantly acid. Season, winter. 



Eed Stettin. — Tree a vigorous grower and an early bearer. Fruit large, oblate, 

 ribbed. Skin greenish-yellow, with a dull red cheek. Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, not 

 very juicy, pleasantly subacid. Season, wintei*. 



Pound Sweet. — Tree a strong grower. Fruit large, oblong, ribbed. Skin greenish- 

 yellow, with a little red on sunny side. Flesh greenish-white, not very juicy, sweet. 

 Season, winter. 



Marshall's Seedling. — Tree a vigorous grower and an early bearer. Fruit above 

 medium size, conical. Skin yellowijh-whlto, with a few gray dots and a pinkish blush. 

 Flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, pleasantly subacid. Season, winter. 



Fraser River Beauty. — This variety is in every respect identical with Striped 

 Astrachan and should be dropped off the list. 



Yvilliams' Earhj. — This variety is identical Sn growth of tree, appearance of fruit, 

 time of ripening and quality wilh the Yellow Transparent, and the name Williams^ 

 Early may also be dropped ofF the list. 



PEARS. 



All of the older or longc-t planted pear trees bloomed ::"reely this year, but verj"" 

 few set fruit. The Bai-tlett, Keiffer, Dr. Jules Guyot, Rivers Princess and Vicar of 

 Winkfield, gave fair crops, but very few of the other trees gave more than a dozen or 

 two of inferio-; samples. 



The following varieties fruited for the first time this year: — 



Early Duchess. — Tree a strong grower and an early bearer. Fruit above medium 

 size, obtuse pyrif orm ; skin greeish-yellow, with a bronze reddish cheek and a few 

 gray dots. Flesh coarse, not juicy, sweet, with a pleasant flavour. Season, early 

 September. 



Beurre Six. — Tree a vigorous gi-ower, and an early bearer. Fruit small, pyriform ; 

 pkin pale yellow with a few green dots. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, vinous. Sea.'^on,. 

 September. 



