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highly eulogized, it was sought after by enthusiastic cultiva- 

 tors, who had formed great expectations in regard to its merits. 

 Under ordinary circumstances there is no doubt it would have 

 been pronounced an excellent pear ; but failing at once to 

 satisfy the high expectations of its qualities, it was immedi- 

 ately neglected, and its cultivation to a certain extent neg- 

 lected. We must confess we entertained something such an 

 opinion ourself. The first specimens we tasted, full six years 

 ago, were large but rather indifferent in flavor, and we judged 

 it much inferior to its reputation ; this led to some neglect of 

 the tree. Subsequently, however, we tried other specimens, 

 and last year our whole crop, (though small for this kind,) 

 was exceedingly fine, deserving, in fact, nearly all the praise 

 which it has heretofore received. 



It is a very large fruit, often weighing a pound or more ; it 

 ripens up of a good color ; it keeps late, and in quality our 

 specimens were but little inferior to the Passe Colmar, whose 

 peculiar richness it greatly resembles. We consider it a very 

 desirable variety. 



The tree is rather a slow, stocky grower, making very few 

 lateral shoots, and does not produce fine specimens unless 

 well thinned, which should not be forgotten by all who would 

 raise large pears. The tree seems to succeed tolerably well 

 on the quince. 



Size, large, about four and a half inches long, and three 

 and a half in diameter : Form, obtusely pyramidal, with an 

 uneven surface, largest about the middle, rounding off to the 

 crown and tapering to the stem, near which it is little con- 

 tracted on one side : Skin, fair, slightly rough, pale green, be- 

 coming pale cinnamon russet when mature, traced and netted 

 with darker russet around the crown, and covered with con- 

 spicuous russety specks : Stem, medium length, about an 

 inch long, stout, slightly swollen at the base, and obliquely 

 inserted in a slight cavity, with a high projection on one side : 

 Eye. medium size, open, and very deeply sunk in a large 

 funnel-shaped, somewhat angular basin ; segments of the 

 calyx very short and rounded : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 melting, buttery and juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, vinous, per- 



