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impatient amateur. Mr. Manning thought it "entitled to 

 cuhivation as an excellent market fruit." (Vol. III. p. 52.) 

 Wood yellowish. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 and a half in diameter : Form, roundish obovate, large at 

 the crown, tapering in a swollen manner to the stem : Ski7i, 

 fair, nearly smooth, pale yellow, nearly covered with light 

 cinnamon russet, darkest on the sunny side : Stem, short, 

 about three quarters of an inch long, smooth, fleshy, and 

 wrinkled where it adjoins the fruit, and obliquely inserted 

 in a broad shallow cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and 

 moderately sunk in a large, open, slightly furrowed basin ; 

 segments of the calyx medium length, broad and pointed : 

 Flesh, yellowish white, fine, melting, and juicy : Flavor, 

 pleasant, sweet, and good, with a slight perfume : Core, 

 large : Seeds, medium size, pale brown. Ripe in October. 



101. Shurtleff's Seedling. 



This is a new pear raised by Dr. S. A. Shurtleflf, formerly 

 of Boston, but now of Roxbury. The original tree sprung 

 up in the garden, attached to his residence on Pemberton 

 Hill, and, when that was levelled to make room for blocks of 

 stores and dwellings, the young tree, with others, was re- 

 moved to Roxbury. The tree is now thirteen years old, and 

 twenty feet high, and has only borne fruit for two or three 

 years. It is a most vigorous grower, of handsome form, and 

 abundant bearer. 



Specimens of this variety (^fig- 36,) were sent us last fall 

 by Dr. Shurtleff". In general appearance, it greatly resem- 

 bles the Gansell's Bergamot, (figured and described at page 

 200,) and, although we are without information as to its 

 origin, we should think it might have been produced from 

 that variety. It appears to be a pear well worthy of general 

 cultivation. 



Size, medium, about two and a quarter inches long, and 

 two and a quarter in diameter: Form, roundish, somewhat 

 flattened at the base, and tapering little towards the stem, 

 where it ends obtusely : Skin, fair, slightly rough, dull 

 greenish yellow, thickly russeted around the stem, rather 



