DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW PEARS. 



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Fig. 58. Pratt's Pear. 



The Pratt Pear. — I send you specimens 

 of the " Pratt " Pear. It is much esteemed 

 here. This season, it has ripened much 

 earlier than usual, and has not its ordinary 

 excellence. 



The following is a description of it, as 

 given by the fruit committee of our Horti- 

 cultural Society : 



Size, above medium ; form, obovate ; 

 color, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with nu- 

 merous grey dots and russet spots ; stem 

 slender, an inch long, and inserted in a 

 tolerably deep depression ; calyx open, with 

 slender segment set in a broad open basin ; 

 flesh white, tender, melting, fine-grained, 

 abounding with saccharine well-flavored 

 Ripe in September. Originated in 



juice. 

 Johnston. 



Providence, September 12, 1846. 



L. C. E. 



Osband's Summer is a very popular vari- 

 ety in the neighborhood of Rochester. We 



saw and tasted it there when in perfec- 

 tion this season, and considered it a 

 valuable acquisition. The following his- 

 tory and description, are from our cor- 

 respondent, Mr. Smith of Macedon. 



Osband's Summer Pear, {Osband's 

 Favorite, of some.) — This beautiful and 

 excellent native pear has acquired con- 

 siderable notoriety in this vicinity, and 

 is destined, without doubt, to take rank 

 with the best of its season. It is in per- 

 fection previous to the Dearborn's Seed- 

 ling, and so far as I can ascertain, sub- 

 sequent to the Bloodgood. It is a fine 

 grower, and bears young and well. So 

 strongly does it resemble the White Doy- 

 enne in outline and flavor, that it has 

 been known in Rochester for several 

 years as the " Summer Virgalieu," a 

 name obviously improper, as the Doyen- 

 ne d'Ete, a distinct fruit, has been for 

 some time described, and extensively 

 circulated. The description of the fruit 

 under consideration so nearly corres- 



Fig. .'i9. Osband's Summer Pear. 



