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flesh hard and coarse, but excellent when baked or stewed in 

 winter. Grafted on a Pear-stock, the tree bears so abundantly 

 as to bend like a weeping willow. A specimen of this variety 

 was exhibited at the sixteenth annual fair of the American 

 Institute, October, 1843, weighing 33 oz. 



PRINCE S ST. GERMAIN. Fruit about medium size; form 

 obovate ; skin russety yellow, with dull red cheek ; flesh melt 

 ing and good. Mr. Manning says that its abundant bearing, 

 and its ripening gradually in the house during winter, render 

 it a very valuable market fruit ; good till after Christmas. 



SURPASSE MARIE LOUISE, Pitt s Prolific Marie, Pitt s Marie 

 Louise. A large Pear; oblong or calabash-formed; green, 

 covered with brown-yellow russet; flesh melting and rich- 

 flavored ; ripe in October and November. It is a very prolific 

 bearer. 



SURPASSE ST. GERMAIN. Fruit of medium size ; round at 

 the crown, tapering to the stem ; it is of very irregular form ; 

 the skin is rough ; color yellow, mixed with dull brown ; flesh 

 coarse-grained, sugary, and high flavored ; good from Novem 

 ber till January. 



SURPASSE VERGALIEU. Fruit large, oblong, some specimens 

 nearly round ; the skin smooth, its color yellow, with a light 

 red cheek; flesh rich, juicy, and delicious eating; in October 

 and November. Mr. Manning says the tree bears young, yields 

 large crops, and is worthy of extensive cultivation. 



UNEDALES ST. GERMAIN, Belle de Jersey. A large fine 

 pyriform Bell Pear, of a brownish-green color, with russety 

 spots ; flesh firm and high-flavored. It is considered a first- 

 rate baking Pear, and will keep till March. Mr. Reid, of the 

 Murray Hill Nursery, exhibited some fine specimens of this 

 fruit at the sixteenth annual fair of the American Institute, 

 October, 1843. 



VICAR OF WINKFIELD, Bourgmestre of Boston, Monsieur le 

 Cure, Dumas, Clion of Boston, according to the catalogue of 

 Winter & Co., Flushing. Fruit oblong, or pyramidal ; skin 

 russety-yellow, with ruddy color on one side; flesh firm, 



