PEARS. 



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the skin covered with light yellow russet ; the flesh 

 melting, high flavored, and delicious. It ripens 

 about the first of October ; and, so far as we could 

 judge from the first specimens, is decidedly a first 

 rate fruit. 



No. 43. Washington. A native fruit from New 

 Jersey, of medium size ; "the form is nearly oval ; the 

 skin of a light yellow, covered with small brown 

 spots, sometimes a slight tinge of red ; the flesh 

 melting and excellent, with an unusual flavor. The 

 tree grows vigorously, bears well, and the fruit 



