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THE PEAR. 



have seen it several 

 times, and as we write 

 this, September 25,1853, 

 have the fruit before us. 

 It is worthy a place in 

 all collections. The tree 

 is hardy, vigorous, up 

 right, spreading in form, 

 dark brown shoots, and 

 early good bearer on the 

 pear root. Our draw 

 ing was made from a 

 specimen pulled in Au 

 gust, and is below an 

 average size. 



Fruit, above medium, 

 obtuse pyriform, slight 

 ly angular; color, rich 

 brown russet, mostly 

 overspreading a yellow 

 ground, with a brownish 

 red cheek in sun ; stem, 

 rather short; cavity, shal 

 low, with unequal pro 

 jections ; calyx, with seg 

 ments nearly erect, sur 

 rounded by depressed 

 crescent-shaped furrows in a shallow basin ; core, small ; seeds, black 

 ish ; flesh, yellowish white, melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, vinous. 

 Season, last September and October. 



DEARBORN S SEEDLING. 



Wheeler s New St. Michael. 



Raised by Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, about 1819, at Roxbury, 

 Mass. Tree, vigorous, erect, yet spreading ; requires little pruning; 

 productive on the pear root. 



Fruit, rather small, roundish, inclining to obovate, narrowing a 

 little to the stem ; color, pale yellow, little russet at base of stem, 

 and surface dotted with small russet dots ; calyx, with short thick 

 segments ; stem, long, slender, curved ; core, medium ; seeds, dark 

 brown, long, pointed ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, melting, 

 juicy, sweet, delicately perfumed. Season, August. 



