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last season, 1837, and promises to be a first 

 rate fruit. Ripe in October. 



No. 49, Princess of Orange. 

 One of the 'new Flemish pears. In size 

 and form this fruit resembles the St. Micha- 

 el's ; the skin is an orange russet, mixed with 

 dull red ; the flesh white, melting and good, 

 but not first rate. Ripe in October. The 

 scions of this pear were originally received 

 from the London Horticultural Society, but a 

 distinguished cultivator of fruit from Belgium, 

 thinks it cannot be the Princess of Orange of 

 Van Mons 



No. 50. Cumberland. 

 A native fruit from Cumberland, R. I. ; the 

 size is large, the form oblong, round and large 

 at the blossom end, tapering to an obtuse 

 point at the stem ; the skin of an orange col- 

 our, with bright red next the sun; the flesh 

 melting, juicy and good, nearly first rate. 

 Ripe in October arid November. The tree is 

 of vigorous growth, and bears abundantly. 



No. 51. Louise Bonne de Jersey. 

 Fruit large oblong, pear shape ; skin yel- 



