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very long, the stem short, the skin entirely of 

 a dark red ; the flesh juicy and good, bat not 

 rich ; it is remarkable for its beauty, promises 

 to bear well, and ripens the last of September. 



No. 25. Seckle. 



This well known and excellent pear is of 

 small size on poor land ; the form is regular, 

 round at the blossom end, diminishing gradu- 

 ally to an obtuse point at the stem ; the skin 

 often yellow with a brownish red cheek, 

 sometimes entirely covered with greenish rus- 

 set ; the flesh melting and of most exquisite 

 flavour ; the growth of the tree is slow, with 

 great and unusual symmetry. It produces 

 abundant crops ; but in order to obtain fruit 

 of large size, the ground should be rich and 

 the tree pruned with a more open head, than 

 is generally thought necessary. Ripens grad- 

 ually in the house from the middle of Septen> 

 ber to the last of October. 



No. 26. Jalousie. 



This pear is rather above the medium size ; 

 the form round and large at the blossom end, 

 diminishing rapidly to a point at the stem ,- 



