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DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW PEARS. 



Green Catharine Peach. — This fine free- 

 stone is certainly quite a distinct fruit from 

 the " Green Catharine " of the London 

 Horticultural Society's Cataloj^ue. I pre- 

 sume they have received their tree from 

 some doubtful source, as the kind cultivated 

 here has been long known in New- York and 

 its vicinity, as one of our best varieties. 



Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, 

 somewhat oval, a little depressed at the top, 

 with the suture slightly marked on one side. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, with occasional dots, 

 and the cheek marbled with red. Flesh 

 greenish white, marked with red at the 

 stone, very juicy, melting, and deserving a 

 place in every good collection. Ripens from 

 25th of Eighth month to 15th of Ninth 

 month. Flowers small. 



White Rareripe. — This fruit has been, by 

 some, cultivated for the Morris White, but 

 is far superior to that variety. "We were, at 

 one time, somewhat in doubt as to the true 

 name, but from various circumstances are 

 now quite convinced that this is correct. 



All good judges in this vicinity consider 

 it as, without exception, the best peach of 

 the season, and to show that we here are 

 not alone in this opinion, I annex the follow- 

 ing note : 



" Messrs. Pabsons, Flushing, L. I. 



" Gent. — The peaches you did me the 

 favor to leave with me, were tested by seve- 

 ral members of the fruit committee of the 

 Mass. Hort. Societ}', who consider it one of 

 the best varieties, and deserving of exten- 

 sive cultivation. Very respectfully, 



" Samuel Walker, 



" Bostoiiy Sept. 17, 1846." 



Description. — Leaves with globose glands. 

 Fruit large, round, with a suture slightly 

 marked on one side. Skin yellowish green, 

 occasionally, when exposed, the cheek 

 slightly stained with red. Flesh pale, red 

 at the stone, juicy, melting in an unusual 

 degree, high flavored and delicious. Ri- 

 pens from 5th to 20th of Ninth month. 

 Flowers small.* Robt. B. Parsons. 



Flushing. 9 mo., 25th, 1846 



DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW PEARS. 



BY L. C. EjVTON, providence, R. I., AND W. R. SMITH, MACEDON, N. Y. 



We are glad to be able to introduce to the 

 notice of pomologists, two new fruits of so 

 much real merit as the Pratt and Osband 

 Summer Pears. 



The Pratt Pear is quite a celebrated va- 

 riety in Rhode-Island. The specimens of 

 the fruit sent us by L. C. Eaton, Esq., were 

 of first-rate quality. We learn from one of 

 the best judges of fruit in Boston, that he 

 has tasted this variety this season, and is 

 disposed to give it the same rank. The 

 variety is quite new, and we believe it is 

 as yet only to be had of growers of fruit 

 trees in Rhode Island. There is every rea- 

 son to believe that among the many sorts 



annually ofl^ered to public notice, most of 

 which prove indifferent in quality, this will 

 be an exception — a fruit of real merit. Its 

 flavor appeared to us to be about midway 

 between a rich Marie Louise and a juicy 

 Napoleon. 



The following is the account of this fruit, 

 by Mr. Eaton. The outline is one from 

 the specimen received. 



• We are plad to find that our correspondent has succeeded 

 in finding a white Rareripe, ■which is distinct from the Morris' 

 White, and superior to it. We have ourselves frequently 

 heard of such a fruit, but all our attempts to find such a fruit 

 have proved unsuccessful — the sorts usually so called being the 

 Morris White, the leaves invariably having reniform glands. — 

 Ed. 



