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inch long, stout, and inserted without much depression ; eye small and 

 slightly sunk in a narrow cavity. The flesh is yellowish white, fine 

 grained, perfectly melting, saccharine and rich, with a strong musky 

 flavour, not unlike that of the Gansel's Bergamot ; it usually ripens 

 through November and December. The tree is of medium growth arid 

 fruitful habit, and has small dark green glossy foliage ; and, judging 

 from the fine appearance and quality of the fruit sent us by Mr. 

 Nicholson, it cannot fail to be a very desirable variety for growing in 

 the northern counties. 



FLADBERG. 

 This Pear is not exactly of recent date, but it is not so well known 

 as it deserves, as it is of excellent quality, and one of the hardiest and 

 most prolific of Pears when grown as an open standard. It partakes 

 a good deal of the character of the Swan Egg, and appears to be a 

 great improvement on that fine old variety. We owe the origin of this 

 Pear to the late Mr. Williams, of Pitmaston — a gentleman who devoted 



a large portion of his life to raising seedlings, and did much towards 

 improving our hardy fruit. The Pear in question is of medium size, 

 and uneven in outline ; skin rough, of a brownish red on the exposed 

 sid e, the other portion intermixed with yellow and green, and thickly 



