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from suckers, are always disposed to generate suckers, 

 which are injurious and inconvenient in fruit grounds : 

 it is probable that the disposition to blight, may be pro. 

 moted by using the suckers of old worn out varieties, 

 instead of raising new ones from the seed, as is practi- 

 sed in apples. 



The following kinds have been selected from a 

 large collection, as affording a succession of the finest 

 pears, of native and foreign origin ; they are delineated 

 of the natural size and form, and are accurately des- 

 cribed. 



i. PETIT MUSCAT, LITTLE MUSK, OR PRIMITIVE PEAft. 



This pear grows in clusters; the form is round 

 rather than long ; the stalk short, and when fully ripe 

 the skin is yellow, with a portion of reddish brown on 

 the cheek next the sun. If not too ripe, it is a plea- 

 sant pear ; the juice somewhat musky the form of 

 the tree resembles the Catharine ; it does not produce 

 fruit early, but when it has attained the proper age, 

 is an abundant bearer it ripens fyqm the first to the 

 tenth of July. 



