PEARS. 65 



Gushing. A native fruit from Hingham, 

 Mass. The size in rich ground is large ; the 

 form oblong, diminishing from the eye to an ob- 

 tuse point at the stem; the skin, when ripe, 

 smooth, of a light yellow, sometimes with dull 

 red on the side exposed to the sun; the flesh 

 white, melting, sprightly, and good. It comes 

 early into bearing, produces well, and the fruit 

 ripens the last of September. M. 



[This pear is, in our soil, nearly, if not quite, equal to 

 the Bartlett in flavor.] 



Heathcote. This native pear is large on rich 

 land ; the form is long, round at the blossom end, 

 and full at the stalk ; the skin almost always of a 

 light yellow, seldom a tinge of red ; the flesh 

 melting, rich, and well flavored. The growth of 

 the tree is handsome and vigorous. It produces 

 abundant crops, and ripens in September and Oc- 

 tober. M. 



[This pear, which has, previous to the season of 

 1846, been considered second-rate, was this fall very melt- 

 ing and delicious, in almost every locality.] 



Raymond. A new fruit, which originated on 

 the farm of Dr. Joseph Wight, of Raymond, Me. 

 It is sometimes large, but generally of a medium 

 size, the shape of the St. Michael's ; the skin yel- 

 low, with some dull red and russet on the side ex- 

 posed to the sun ; the flesh melting, rich, and high 

 flavored, equal to any pear of the same season. 

 The tree is slow and crooked in its growth, but 

 produces well, and the fruit ripens in September 

 and October. M. 



[This fruit is small in our soil; and the tree a bad 

 grower.] 



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