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long branches, the foliage luxuriant it is a great and 

 uniform bearer; it was imported from Holland by the 

 late William Clifton of Philadelphia. 



&7 YELLOW BUTTER, OR BEURREE DOREE OR ST. 

 MICHAEL'S PEAR. 



This pear in the opinion of many good judges, is 

 on a par for excellence of flavour with the Seckle it 

 is large, fair, handsome, melting, juicy, and delicate- 

 ly flavoured ; to have it in perfection, it should be ga- 

 thered before fully ripe when it begins to turn yellow, 

 and be kept some time in the house, or otherwise it 

 will lose much of its juicy and melting qualities ; it is 

 round and rather oblong in shape, somewhat dimin- 

 ished towards the stem, which is short and thick ; the 

 flesh white and singularly cblrtj the skin a bright yel- 

 low, sometimes with a blush, at other times covered 

 with a bright russet it is in season from the beginn- 

 ing of September to the first part of November, when 

 carefully preserved, by gathering with the hand in dry 

 weather; it is a never failing and abundant bearer, 

 and produces fruit at an early age the tree is of small 

 size ; this is the same with the Doyenne', or Deans 

 pear, and is probably more extensively cultivated than 

 any pear in our country this fruit is very erroneous- 

 ly called the Virgouleuse in New- York, and East 



