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yellow, covered with small brown spots, some- 

 times a slight tinge of red ; the flesh melting 

 and excellent, with an unusual flavour. The 

 tree grows vigorously, bears well, and the 

 fruit ripens in September. A beautiful and 

 good pear, worthy of cultivation. 



No. 45. Gansels Bergamot. 



This has been placed among the old pears ; 

 it is only comparatively so, having been raised 

 in 1768 ; as yet it shows no indication of de- 

 cay, such as we see in many of the finest old 

 pears. It has the reputation of being a bad 

 bearer, but in the gardens in Salem it pro- 

 duces good crops. The fruit is of medium 

 size, the form nearly round, the colour a dull 

 brown ; flesh white, melting and fine flavour- 

 ed. Ripe in October. 



No. 46. Cabot. 



This pear was produced from seed by Jos- 

 eph S. Cabot, Esq., of Salem ; the original 

 tree, after producing the first specimen of 

 fruit, was destroyed by the cold winter of 

 1 831 ; we were so fortunate as to preserve a 

 scion, from which we obtained fruit the last 



