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chardist, (1842) ; but neither Mr. Manning or Mr. Downing 

 give any account of it ; and, among the multitude of varie- 

 ties cultivated around Boston, the Burlingame is rarely seen. 

 Last autumn. Dr. Hildreth sent us some of the pears, ac- 

 companied with the following note : — 



Dear Sir, — I send you five Burlingame pears ; four are 

 hard yet, and one ripe, to give you the color of the fruit. 

 They are below the average size. Some years ago, I sent a 

 drawing and description of the fruit to General Dearborn, the 



Pig. 31. Burlmgame Pear. 



first president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 When fully ripe, we think it a fine pear, both in appearance 

 and taste. I have not seen the name amongst your fruit, al- 

 though scions were sent to Messrs. Kenrick and Manning 

 many years ago. — Yours, ^'c, S. P. Hildreth, Marietta, 

 Ohio, August 2oth, 1848. 



The specimens, when they came to hand, were all fully 

 ripe, though not so much so but that we could make a good 

 drawing as well as judge of the quality of the pear, Avhich 

 was nearly first rate. 



Dr. Hildreth describes the tree as growing pyramidal, and 



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