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Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



friend of Dr. Van Mons. He corresponded with Messrs. Man- 

 ning andKenrick, and sent them, in the spring of 1S41, scions 

 of several new pears, the names of which are enumerated in 

 Mr. Ken rick's Orchardist, (p. 170.) 



Mr. Manning has briefly noticed this pear in our vohime 

 for 1846, (XII. p. 146,) and he considers it a deUcious variety, 

 and a decided acquisition. It has much of the character of 



Fi^. 19. Las Canas Pear. 



the Tyson and Rostiezer. Like those fine pears, it is only 

 a medinm-sized fruit, but is of a very regular pear form, 

 tapering into the stem so gradually that it is scarcely possi- 

 ble to say where the fruit begins or ends. 



The tree grows 



freely, bears young, and the fruit keeps well. Wood, light 

 yellow, with grayish specks. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and one 

 and three quarters in diameter : Form, pyramidal, very reg- 



