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We first noticed it in 1843, in the collection of Mr. Man- 

 ning, of Salem, when he exhibited the fruit; but, as the 

 specimens were small, and as they were not then in eating, 

 (September,) we did not particularly examine the variety ; 

 and it had quite escaped our attention till the past winter, 

 when several good sized and finely ripened specimens were 

 repeatedly exhibited at the Hall of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, by the Hon. J. S. Cabot, of Salem, who 

 kindly gave us some of the pears for the purpose of making 



Brande's St. Germain Pear. 



a drawing and description. Wishing to know Mr Cabot's 

 opinion of the fruit, we addressed him a note, and the follow- 

 ing is his reply : — 



" Brande's St. Germain Pear. Some uncertainty exists with 

 regard to the true name of this pear in the Catalogues of some 

 of the Belgian nurserymen. It is called Bran or Brau de 

 St. Germain, accompanied with the remark that it is "of un- 

 certain orthography." It is said to be a seedling of Van 

 Mons. The tree is of vigorous growth and upright habit — 



