A PINE NE"W EARLY PEAR. 



BY DR. W. D. BRINCKLE, PHILADELPHIA. 



It is very rare that, among new fruits, one 

 fs found of superior excellence, ripening 

 either at a very early or very late period. 

 The majority of seedlings produce fruits 

 which mature at what may be called the 

 middle season. 



Good early pears are especially a deside- 

 ratum, because it is precisely at that time, 

 — about, or a little after midsummer, — that 

 ripe fruit of any kind is scarcest. 



We suspect that the variety, de- 

 scribed and figured below, by our es- 

 teemed correspondent, Dr. Beinckle, 

 ivill prove a decided acquisition in 

 this respect. At the present time, 

 the public are not inclined to take 

 upon trust the character of any new 

 fruit which is highly lauded, unless 

 its reputation is well authenticated. 

 We may therefore state that this va- 

 riety has been exhibited, tasted, and 

 has elicited high commendation, both 

 before the Pennsylvania and Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Societies. Col. 

 Wilder, in a note, written last sea- 

 son, after tasting this variety, gives it 

 the following character: "The Ott 

 Pear is quite first rate, and I think, 

 in flavor, surpasses the Citron des 

 Carmes, Bloodgood and Bartlett." 



We will add to this excellent testimony 

 our own. Dr. Brinckle very obligingly sent 

 us specimens when in perfection. What 

 the Ott Pear may prove, as regards hardi- 

 ness, productiveness, and adaptation to 

 general culture, of course, Ave are not yet 

 able to say ; but that it is one of the high- 

 est flavored early pears yet known, is unde- 

 niable. 



We suppose this new pear is not yet for 

 sale in any of the nurseries, though no 

 doubt its propagation has commenced about 

 Philadelphia. Meanwhile, we give the 

 following description and figure, by Dr. 

 Brinckle, to awaken attention to the merits 

 of so excellent a variety. Ed. 



The Ott Pear. — This valuable new va- 

 riety was exhibited, for the first time, in 

 1848, at the August meeting of the Penn* 



Fig. iS.— The Ott Pear. 



sylvania Horticultural Society, and was 

 considered of such decided merit as to be 

 entitled to a special premium. 



It is a seedling from the Seckel, and ori- 

 ginated with Mr. Samuel Ott, of Lower 

 Merrion township, Montgomery co., about 

 seven miles from Philadelphia. The ori- 

 ginal tree is about thirteen years old. Mr. 

 Ott represents the fruit as being larger 



