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ripens in September. A beautiful and good pear, 

 worthy of cultivation. 



No. 44. Princess of Orange. One of the 

 new Flemish pears. In size and form this fruit 

 resembles the St. Michael's ; the skin is an orange 

 russet, mixed with dull red ; the flesh white, melt- 

 ing and good, but not first rate. Ripe in October. 

 The scions of this pear were originally received from 

 the London Horticultural Society ; but a distin- 

 guished cultivator from Belgium thinks it cannot be 

 the Princess of Orange of Van Mons. 



No. 45. Gansels Bergamot. This has been 

 placed among the old pears ; it is only compara- 

 tively so, having been raised in 1768 ; as yet, it 

 shows no indications of decay, such as we see in 

 many of the finest old pears. It has the reputa- 

 tion of being 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. 



No. 46. Cabot. This pear was produced from 

 seed by Joseph S. Cabot, Esq., of Salem. The 

 original 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 ; 



