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indications of decay, such as we see in many of 

 the finest old pears. It has the reputation of be- 

 ing a bad bearer ; but, in the gardens in Salem, it 

 produces good crops. The fruit is of medium 

 size, the form nearly round, the color a dull 

 brown ; flesh white, melting, and fine flavored. 

 Ripe in October. M. 



[This superior pear flourishes well in the sheltered gar- 

 dens of Salem, as said by Mr. Manning; but in the coun- 

 try, we are inclined to consider it hardly worthy of culti- 

 vation. The English cultivators say of this fruit : " It 

 does not bear well as a standard, but affords a tolerably 

 certain crop when trained in an espalier form."] 



Cabot. This pear was produced from seed 

 by Joseph S. Cabot, Esq., of Salem. The origi- 

 nal tree, after producing the first specimen of 

 fruit, was destroyed by the cold winter of 1831. 

 We were so fortunate as to preserve a scion, 

 from which we obtained fruit the last season, 

 1837. It is of medium size, of a round form, a 

 little extended ; the skin a light yellow russet, 

 with a small portion of brownish red ; the flesh 

 white, melting, and fine flavored. It is decidedly 

 a first-rate fruit, and worthy of extensive cultiva- 

 tion. The tree is of a strong and healthy growth, 

 bears well, and is in perfection during the whole 

 month of October. M. 



[This fruit varies so much in quality in different sea- 

 sons, that we consider it not worthy of extensive cultiva- 

 tion, having raised it for five years past, and not until the 

 season of 1846, could it be considered a fine pear.] 



Son Chretien Fondante. This is one of the 

 new Flemish pears ; fruit rather large ; form 

 regular, oval ; the skin a yellowish green, mixed 

 with brown and yellow specks ; the flesh yellow, 



