NEW PEARS. 



dium. Seed black, \ of an inch long, | wide, and J^ thick, with an angle at the 

 obtuse end. Flesh fine texture, and buttery. Flavor delicious and saccharine ; 

 quality " very good." Maturity third week in August. 



Old wood grayish brown. Young shoots yellowish brown, with short jointed 

 prominent buds. — "W. D. B. 



Nos. 4 and 5. Gras- 

 LiN (sometimes spelled 

 Grashlin). — Large, 4 in- 

 ches by 2|. Form long 

 obovate. SUn yellow, 

 with many green russet 

 dots and patches. Stem 

 1\ inches long by §- in 

 the middle, gradually 

 thickening towards both 

 extremities, inserted by 

 a fleshy termination with- 

 out depression, with a 

 fleshy lip on one side. 



Calyx open, long seg- 

 ments, set in a small, 

 shallow, furrowed basin. 



Core medium. /Seec? often 

 abortive. Flesh fine tex- 

 ture, buttery. Quality 



' ' very good. " Maturity, 



eaten October 22, 1855. 



(Grown by Mr. Buist.) 

 No. 5. Same as No. 



4. (Grown in France. 



Eaten November 15, 



1855.) 



Specimens of the fruit 



of this fine foreign va- 

 riety were exhibited by 



Mr. Robert Buist, at the 



October meeting of the 



Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society ; and on the 



15th of November, fine specimens were received from Paris by a steam vessel. - 



W. D. B. 



