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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE DEMPSEY PEAR. 



N the occasion of our visit to the Trenton Apple and Pear Experiment 

 Station, Mr. W. H. Dempsey pointed out to Prof. Hutt the original 

 tree of the Dempsey pear. It was of good size and thrifty growth, 

 but had been annually robbed of its young wood for propagating 

 purposes. It was about twenty feet high and the trunk 6 or 7 inches 

 in diameter. We brought with us a fine sample, which by measure- 

 ment was 4 inches in length and 3^ in thickness at its widest part. 

 The pear at the time of writing is firm and good for keeping some time yet, thus 



Fio. 704.— Section of Dempsey Pear. 



