The Sam Brozun Pear. 



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THE SAM BROWN PEAR. 



A:\ioxG the new jDears which have heen lately brought to our notice 

 we have seen none which appeared to give promise of greater value 

 than this new native sort, known also as the Alarvland Seedling. Spe- 

 cimens were exhibited before the American Pomological Societv, at 

 their meeting in Philadelpliia last September, by Frank H. Stockett, 



Sam Bruwn Peak. 



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Esq., of Annapolis, Md., through ISIr. John Saul, the well-known nur- 

 seryman of Washington, D. C, who presented us with the specimen 

 here figured. We are also indebted to Mr. Saul for a letter from Mr. 

 Stockett, giving the following history of the variety : — 



'" This pear was introduced by Samuel Brown, Jr., for many years 

 register of wills for Anne Arimdel County ; and after the separation 

 of Howard County, he held the appointment to that office for Howard 

 County until his death, some fifteen years ago. 



'•The original tree, I believe, is still alive on the estate 'Walnut 

 Hill,' formerly belonging to him ; but it has now passed to strangers. 



