NEW PEARS, 



NEW 



E AKS. 



No. 1. 



ture, buttery, juicy, highly per- 

 fumed and sugary ; very good. 

 — B. 



No. 3. TJwcHLAN. Synonyms, 

 Dowlin; Round Top. — (Pro- 

 nounced Uke-lan.) — This deli- 

 cious pear originated on the 

 premises of the Widow Dowlin, 

 near the Brandywine, in Uwch- 

 lan Township, Chester County, 

 Pennsylvania. Fruited for the 

 first time in 1851. 



Size from 2| by 2^ inches, to 

 2/a by 2fg. Form obovate, 

 somewhat compressed at the 

 Skin, cinnamon russet, 



No. 1. Beurre Millet. — 

 Skin dull green, with a dull 

 reddish blush ; ribbed or knob- 

 by. Juicy, melting, with a 

 vinous subacid, refreshing taste ; 

 very good. Tree not a strong 

 grower, but healthy. — B. 



No. 2. Beurre Nantais, or 

 Beurre de Nantes. — Skin yel- 

 low with a crimson cheek, 

 smooth and faintly dotted with 

 greenish or gray, of fine tex- 



