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DESCRIPTIONS 



87. SALISBURY'S SEEDLING. Plate 14. 



Fig. 20. 



Fruit large, elongated ; body short, with a 

 thick, prolonged neck ; base obliise, bear- 

 ing a short, recurved stem. Color yellow, 

 sprinkled with redish brown dots, coalescing 

 on the sunny side, and forming a brown 

 surface; skin rather smooth. Calyx close, 

 of medium size, inclosed in a narrow de- 

 pression. Flesh white, sweet and juicy. 

 Comes into use in August, and continues 

 fit for baking till October. It is one of tlie 

 finest baking pears in the state. Originated 

 with Nathan Salisbury, of Cortland county, 

 New-York. 



WINTER PEARS. 



Class I. Length and breadth equal or suhequal. 

 Order I. Base acute or subacute. 

 88. MOCCAS. 

 Fruit about the medium size, unsymmetrical ; body prolonged to the stem ; sides unequal, 

 with unequal curves, terminating in a subacute base, and running into a thin, slender, 

 curved stem, an inch and a quarter long. Color pale yellowish green, with a brown 

 cheek, and sprinkled thickly with brown and russet dots and stripes. Calyx short, stiff", 

 inserted in an unequal depression. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, and richly flavored 

 December. 

 One of Mr. Knight's pears. 



