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Fig. 110. 



Haddington. (Smith's.) (Fig. 110.) 

 We have by the merest chance this ex- 

 cellent addition to our stock of winter 

 pears. Mr. J. B. Smith, when on his 

 farm near Haddington, Philadelphia 

 County, in 1828, reared from the seed 

 of the pound pear, a number of young 

 plants for stocks. This one accident- 

 ally remained unworked, and on Mr. 

 Smith's removal to the city, was brought 

 by him and planted in his garden, where 

 it now stands, singularly erect, and with 

 few horizontal branches. It comes into 

 use in December, and keeps through 

 winter; the skin is green, when ripe 

 slightly yellow on the sunny side, and 

 marked by minute russet dots or specks. 

 The texture of the fruit varies ; some 

 are quite melting, others incline to 

 break — it never cracks, bears abund- 

 antly, and we conceive it quite an ac- 

 quisition to our winter pears. 



Pennsylvania. (Smithes.) (Fig. 111. 

 This, so named by the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society, is a seedling on the 

 grounds of Mr. J. B. Smith, Philadel- 

 phia. The original tree is 35 to 40 feet 

 high, pyramidal in form, of robust habit, 

 retaining its foliage unusually late. Its 

 origin and age are unknov/n, but this 

 and the Moyaniensing (subsequently 

 described) standing in the same gar- 

 den, have recently been recognized 

 by an aged lady, who knew these iden- 

 tical trees when a child. The fruit in 

 outline and general appearance some- 

 what resembles the old Beurre — pre- 

 vailing colour, brownish yellow, occa- 

 sionally speckled and burnished with 

 brighter yellow on the upper portion, 

 the lower or blossom end presenting 

 a uniform dull brown or russet hue, the 

 sunny side dotted with red. Stem deep 

 brown an inch and a quarter long, 



