VALUABLE NEW NATIVE FRUITS. 



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Fig. 25. 



Brandywine Peart. 



Fig. 26. 



shoots pale olive. The tree a rapid grower, 

 and a most abundant bearer. 



From some correspondence with Dr. Har- 

 vey, on this fruit, we extract his account of 

 the origin and habits of this variety: — 



" The original tree of this pear was 

 found near a fence in a field on my father's 

 farm, (the late Eli Harvey.) It was trans- 

 planted when quite small to a garden on 

 the property of Geo. Brinton, then owned 

 by his grandfather Caleb Brinton. This 

 garden, on the banks of the Brandywine 

 river, is a part of the ground on which the 

 American army stood in the defence of our 

 country in the battle of Brandywine ; and 

 I therefore respectfully suggest the above 

 name as an appropriate one for the fruit. 



" The tree began to bear fruit about the 

 year 1820, and in 1835 the original trunk 

 blew down near the surface of the ground. 

 The present tree is a sucker, or shoot, which 

 sprung up from the root, and has now been 

 in bearing four or five years. If any doubt 

 could have arisen as to its being a seedling, 

 such is forever set at rest by the fact that 

 this shoot sprung from a root several feet 

 from the old stump, and bears the same 

 kind of fruit. 



"The tree is a very thrifty one, and a very 

 rapid grower. The shoots are long and 

 upright, forming a handsome head, which 

 tapers upwards to a point. Fruit always 

 perfect, and of uniform size and quality. 

 The tree a regular, and rather an abundant 



