THE DEARBORN SEEDLING PEAR. 



SYNONYMS. 

 CHARACTERS. 



Form. — Roundish, inclining to obovatSj rounded at the crown, and narrowing but 



little at the stem. 

 Calyx. — Segment short, thick and projecting. 

 Stem. — Rather long, 1 to \}>l of an inch in length, slender, smooth, curved, and 



obliquely inserted. 

 Color. — Pale green, becoming of a beautiful yellow at maturity, with a delicate russet 



blotch at the base of the stem, the surface dotted with minute russety specks. 

 Skin. — Smooth, and very thin. 



Flesh. — Yellowish white, fine, melting, buttery, and juicy. 

 Flavor. — Rich, sugary, delicately perfumed, and delicious. 

 Size. — Two inches long by two in diameter. 

 Core. — Medium size. 



Seeds. — Medium size, long, pointed, and dark brown. 

 Leaf. — Medium size, ovate, rounded at the base, shortly pointed, smooth, undulated, 



and a little folded at the edges, with conspicuous nerves beneath, finely 



and regularly serrated; petioles medium length, about one and a quarter 



inch, somewhat slender. 



Wood. — Brown, freckled with small grayish dots; old wood, dull dusky green; 



buds small, short, round, erect. 

 Tree. — Vigorous, erect, and rather tall, with long shoots, extending horizontally till 



within eighteen or twenty inches of the ends, which incline upwards, and 



are very erect. 



HISTORY AND CULTIVATION. 



Hawthorn Cottage, 



Roxbury, January 1, 1851. 

 My Dear Sir — 



Having been desired to furnish an account of the seedling pear 

 Avhich bears ray name, I enclose a copy of a letter lo my excellent friend 

 and one of our most zealous pioneers in the cultivation of fruit, Avith the 

 report of the Committee, when that pear was first exhibited to the Society, 

 as they contain all the intelligence in my power to communicate ; except 

 that the late much respected Mr. Manning, of Salem, informed me, the last 

 time he attended an Annual Exhibition, he considered the pear the best 



