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VARIETIES. 



Beurre d'Anjou. 

 Nee Plus Meuris. 1 Ne Plus Mcuris. 



Fi.sr. 77. 



For this noble Pear, we are indebted to Col. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 who imported it from France. NotM'ithstanding the high claims 

 made for it by him, it has not only met, but promises to exceed our 

 expectations of it. Nothing could be finer than the sight of the 

 specimen trees, ten or twelve years old, in Col. Wilder's ground, 

 loaded with large and fair fruit, as I saw them in the fall of 1857. 



It is a most prolific bearer, and, from its size, late keeping, and 

 the hardy growth of the tree, promises to become one of the best 

 market fruits. Its period of ripening is usually assigned to Octo- 



