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until the past year, when we received a fine specimen from 

 the Hon. J. S. Cabot. It was one of three or four which he 

 exhibited at the Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticuhural Society, and it must be ranked as a very superior 

 fruit. Wood vigorous, of a reddish chestnut color, with round 

 plump buds. 



Size, large, about three inches long, and three inches in 

 diameter : Form, obovate, slightly angular, large and full at 

 the crown, and tapering to the stem, where it is obtuse : Skin, 

 fair, smooth, dull citron yellow, with several grayish black 

 blotches on the shaded side, and regularly covered with rather 

 large russet specks : Stein, long, about one and a quarter 

 inches, slender, smooth, pale brown, curved, and inserted in 

 a small, moderately deep cavity, with slight projections on 

 one side : Eye, medium size, closed, and considerably sunk in 

 a rather large, round, open basin ; segments of the calyx me- 

 dium length, narrow : Flesh, white, rather coarse, buttery, 

 melting, and very juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, slightly per- 

 fumed and delicious : Core, large : Seeds, large, very broad, 

 deep brown. Ripe in September. 



62. Henkel. 



This is another of the productions of Van Mons, scions of 

 which were received with the Van Assene and others in 1835. 

 It was also sent again among those received in 1836. When 

 it first fruited, we are not informed, but the variety first 

 attracted our attention at the last Annual Exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, when some very good 

 specimens were shown from the Pomological Garden. It 

 probably had not fruited in 1842, when Mr. Manning de- 

 scribed all the new kinds which had come into bearing in his 

 extensive collection. The name does not appear in French 

 catalogues, but is enumerated in those of the Belgians. The 

 'Henkel {fig- 5) is a rich, sprightly and excellent fruit. Mr. 

 Manning, in a note to us, in regard to this and other sorts, 

 states that the young shoots are stout, and of a grayish brown 

 color ; petioles long; leaf folded and curled like that of the Easter 

 Beurre, but larger and thicker. This pear is remarkable for 

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