Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 347 



1847, (p. 327,) for the following history, which had never be- 

 fore been published : — 



"In 1794, James W, Stevens, Esq. removed from Philadel- 

 phia to Batavia in this State ; but previous to such removal, 

 however, he procured pear seeds from fruit grown in the vi- 

 cinity of Philadelphia, and took them with him to Batavia, 

 where he planted them. Mr. Stevens succeeded in fruiting a 

 large number of varieties, from which he selected this one for 

 general dissemination, and distributed scions pretty exten- 



Fig. 32. Stevens's Genesee Pear. 



sively among gentlemen in that region of our State, and, 

 among others, he gave some to a Mr. Guernsey, of Pittsfield, 

 Monroe County, who gave it the name of Stevens's Genesee, 

 and first brought the fruit to the notice of pomologists in 

 Rochester." 



This pear is but little known, except in Western New 

 York ; it is there extensively cultivated, and justly holds a 

 high rank, — nearly equalling the well known Doyenne blanc, 

 so generally disseminated under the name of YmeAHEu in 



