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INTERMEDIATE NATIVE FRUIT REPORT. 



set in a deep, moderately wide, jilaited basin. Cure, small. Seed, brownish-gray, 

 many of tliem trianjrular, one-third of an inch lono^, three-sixteenths broad, one- 

 ninth thick, Fles/i, yellowish while, Gnc tcxtnre, juicy. Flitvur, pleasant, delicate, 

 spri.ditly, vinous. QuaUty, "very good." Maturity, jirobably November ; the 

 specimen examined was eaten on the 4th of December, when it wus overripe. 



Hitter Pear. — Specimens were received from Mr. Louis Kitter, of Reading, 

 Pennsylvania. The tree from whicli they were obtained was purchased in the 



spring of 1851, for tlie Seckel, from an agent of 

 !^lr. John Perkins, of ]\Ioorestowii, Is'ew Jersey; 

 but, instead of having a rounded head, it is pyra- 

 midal in its growth. 



Size, small, If inches long by If broad. Form, 

 obovate. Skin, greenish-yellow — a good deal 

 russcted, with, occasionally, a faint brown cheek. 

 Stem, long. If inches in length by \ thick, in- 

 serted without depression. Calyx, rather large 

 — set in a shallow, plaited basin. Core, medium. 

 Seed, small, five-sixteenths of an inch long, three- 

 sixteenths wide, one-eighth thick. Flesh, fine 

 texture, melting, and buttery. Flavor, saccha- 

 rine, with the full Seckel aroma. Quality, " best." 

 Maturity, October 29. 



This variety may prove to be the Seckel, 

 although it appears to differ from it in the length 

 of the stem, time of ripening, and in the shape 

 of the tree. It is possible, however, that these 

 several points of difference may be merely acci- 

 dental departures from the normal condition of 

 the Seckel, without being permanent character- 

 istics. Should this not be the case, then the 

 Ritter is worthy of cultiTation, chiefly because 

 Eitter Pear. it will prolong, in another variety, the delicious 



Seckel aroma. 

 Davis Pear. — Specimens of this seedless native Pear were received from Mr. 

 Samuel Davis, Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania — six miles 

 from Philadelphia, on the Westchester Road. They were produced by a grafted 

 tree on his premises, the graft having been taken, about twenty years ago, by Mr. 

 Davis's father, from a seedling on the farm of his neighbor, Mr. Adam Litzenberg, 

 soon after which the original tree died. 



Size, small. If inches long by If in breadth. Form, rather varialjle, sometimes 

 roundish, usually obtuse-pyriform, widest at the crown, and obscurely pentangular. 

 Skin, much russeted, with occasionally marblings of greenish-yellow. Stem, 

 three-eighths of an inch long by one-eighth thick, inserted in a very shallow 

 cavity. Calyx, small, partially reflexed, set in a wide, somewhat irregular, super- 

 ficial basin. Core, medium, solid, being entirely devoid of seed cavities. Seed, 

 not abortive, but altogether absent. Flesh, buttery, gritty around the core. 

 Flavor, slightly aromatic, and somewhat vinous. Quality, "good." Maturity, 

 last of September and beginning of October. 



This seedless variety, though much smaller than the Poire sans Pepins, is much 

 superior to it in quality. Were it not for the grittiuess near the core, the Davis 

 would be rated " very good." And even with this objectionable feature, it com- 

 mands a good price in the Philadelphia market. 



