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the tree is of a strong and vigorous growth, bears 

 very young, and yields most extraordinary crops 

 every year. Ripe in August and September. 



[This fruit has the remarkable quality of ripening in the 

 house, when not fully grown.] 



No. 12. Dearborn's Seedling. This fine and 

 beautiful pear originated at Brinley Place, Roxbury, 

 the seat of the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn. The fruit 

 is of medium size, round at the crown, diminishing 

 to the stem, around which is a circle of bright 

 russet ; the skin is smooth, of a light yellow color ; 

 the flesh delicate, melting, and fine flavored, equal 

 to any other pear of the same season. The growth 

 of the tree is healthy and vigorous. It bears well, 

 and the fruit ripens in August and September. 



No. 13. Crawford. This pear is very exten- 

 sively cultivated in Scotland ; it is of middle size, 

 round at the eye, diminishing to the stem, and 

 very regular and uniform in its appearance ; the skin 

 is entirely of a light yellow ; the flesh juicy, tender 

 and good. It bears young, and ripens in August. 



No. 14. Williams' s Early. This new pear 

 originated on the farm of Mr. Williams, in Roxbury, 

 Mass. It is of middle size, turbinate form, the skin 

 light yellow, with a red cheek next the sun ; the flesh 

 melting, sugary and fine. The tree promises to be 

 a great bearer. Ripe in September. 



