DEARBORN'S SEEDLING PEAR. 



WOOD. Reddish brown, freckled with small fawn-colored specks; 

 old wood, dull grayish brown ; buds, small, short, rounded, erect : 

 Flower-buds medium size, ovate, with slightly woolly scales. 



LEAVES. Medium size, ovate, rounded at the base, shortly pointed, 

 smooth, undulated, and little folded at the edges, with conspicuous 

 nerves beneath, and finely and regularly serrated; petioles medium 

 length, about one and a quarter inches, somewhat slender. 



FLOWERS. Medium size ; petals round, cupped. 



FRUIT. Medium size, about two inches long, and two inches in 

 diameter : Form, roundish, inclining to obovate, largest in the middle, 

 rounded at the crown, and narrowing little to the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, 

 thin, pale green, becoming of a beautiful lemon yellow when mature, with 

 a large fawn-colored blotch at the base of the stem, and the surface dot- 

 ted with minute russety specks : Stem, rather long, about an inch and 

 a quarter in length, moderately slender, smooth, curved, and obliquely 

 inserted in a very small cavity : Eye, rather small, open, and slightly 

 depressed; segments of the calyx short, thick, projecting : Flesh, yel- 

 lowish white, fine, melting, buttery, and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, 

 delicately perfumed, and delicious : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium 

 size, long, pointed, and dark brown. 



RIPE from the early part of August to the first of September. 



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