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Mass. The size in rich ground is large ; the form 

 oblong, diminishing from the eye to an obtuse 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. 



[This pear is, in our soil, equal to the Bartlett, in flavor.] 



No. 23. Seckel. This well known and excel- 

 lent pear is of small size on poor land ; the form is 

 regular, round at the blossom end, diminishing gradu- 

 ally to an obtuse point at the stem ; the skin often 

 yellow, with a brownish red cheek, sometimes en- 

 tirely covered with greenish russet; the flesh melting 

 and of most exquisite flavor ; the growth of the tree 

 is slow, with great and unusual symmetry. It pro- 

 duces abundant crops ; but in order to obtain fruit 

 of large size, the ground should be rich and the tree 

 pruned with a more open head than is generally 

 thought necessary. Ripens gradually in the house, 

 from the middle of September to the last of October. 



[Pear trees seldom thrive when budded upon the apple. No. 

 23 does better than any other we have tried. They should 

 be placed upon a small tiee, and no part of the apple branches 

 suffered to grow in connection.] 



No. 24. Jackman's Melting. This tree was 

 received from the Messrs. Young, of Epsom, Eng- 

 land ; it produced its first fruit in 1837 ; the name 

 is no doubt erroneous, as it is not noticed in the 



