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planted a quantity of pear seeds upon an old asparagus bed ; 

 a large number of them vegetated, and the trees grew vigor- 

 ously, and soon attained a large size. During the severe 

 winter of 1834 and '35, (similar to that of 1848 and '49,) 

 every tree was destroyed except the one which produced this 

 pear. The succeeding year, this tree flowered, and produced 

 a few pears ; and, in 1836, it bore upwards of a peck of fruit. 

 We sent Mr. Manning some of the specimens of this pear, 

 which we had from the original tree, and he liked it so well, 



Locke Pear. 



he immediately procured scions ; subsequently we added it to 

 our collection, and the trees will not probably bear till another 

 year. But, since our first description of it, we have several 

 times had specimens from Mr. Manning's trees, and our draw- 

 ing and present description are made from fine fruits received 

 in 1847 from his collection. 



The Locke pear was raised from seeds of the St. Germain, 

 or the Doyenne blanc, but from which Mr. Locke is not sure. 

 The habit of growth, leaves, and general character of the 



