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Stalk, nearly an inch long, stout, and somewhat fleshy, a little inclined, 

 inserted in a slight depression ; calyx open, or partially closed, segments 

 stiff and erect ; basin shallow, slightly corrugated. Flesh, white, fine, 

 juicy, buttery, melting, with a rich, sweet, delicate vinous flavor, a little 

 perfumed. A new, promising fruit. Ripe, last week of August and first 

 week of September." 



This is truly one of the most promising varieties that has come before 

 your Committee, and they do not hesitate to say that they believe it will 

 be a great acquisition to our early autumnal pears. 



" Seedling, No. 4, or Dorchester Beauty. The tree is a fine grower, and 

 very productive. I here insert a description from the same source as the 

 preceding. Size, rather large, 2| by 2| inches ; form, obovate ; skin, yel- 

 low, with a carmine cheek, inclining to orange, and containing a few gray 

 dots ; stem, three fourths of an inch long, inserted in a very small cavity, 

 with several faint rings ; calyx, medium ; segments, erect, set in a super- 

 ficial plaited basin ; core, medium ; seed, plump, light brown ; flesh, not 

 very juicy; flavor, pleasant; quality, very good. Ripe, from the middle of 

 August to the middle of September. In size and attractiveness so pre- 

 possessing that it is worthy of cultivation." 



This is one of the most beautiful looking pears that have been produced, 

 but the specimens tested by the Committee were dry, and of ordinary 

 quality. The past season having been unfavorable for the production of 

 fruit of high flavor, it is not safe to express a very decided opinion of any 

 new fruit. 



" Seedling, No. 20. The form of this pear resembles that of the Marie 

 Louise ; size, somewhat above medium : skin, greenish ; flesh, fine-grained, 

 melting and juicy, and so nearly resembling the Bartlett in flavor as 

 scarcely to be distinguished from it ; hence, probably, a seedling of that 

 variety. The fruit keeps well, not rotting at the core, and is in use from 

 the last week in September to the middle of October," 



This fruit was twice tested by the Committee, and they are unanimously 

 of the opinion that it never will be a desirable sort. The flavor is like the 

 unpleasant part of the flavor of the Bartlett, intensified. Mr. Clapp is an 

 intelligent cultivator, and we shall watch his experiments with a good deal 

 of interest, and if he never gives to the world another pear except the 

 Clapp's Favorite, he will long be remembered. 



Hon. Samuel Walker placed upon the tables his new seedling pear, 

 which is said to be very productive. It is a pear of medium size, russet 

 color, Avith red cheek, stout stem, and of a very remarkable strong cinna- 

 mon flavor. This is a chance seedling, and certainly a promising one. 



There was a pear brought into the annual exhibition by J. F. C. Hyde, 

 from the farm of Mr. William Aiken, of Newton Centre, which was sup- 

 posed to be the St. Michael. The best judges could not agree upon what 

 to call it, for, though it resembled some of the old sorts, yet it was some- 

 what peculiar. After a careful examination of the tree, there is little doubt 

 but that it is a seedling. If it should prove to be a new variety, it will be 



