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(1833,) owing to what cause 1 do not know ; but probably to 

 the drought in the early part of the summer : I have named 

 it the Brougham pear, a sample sent by me to Lord Brougham 

 having been approved by his lordship. 



6. Bringewood Pear. Fruit middle-sized, pyriform. Eye 

 open, with the segments of the calyx prominent. Stalk long 

 and rather slender. Skin yellowish-brown, almost covered 

 with russet. Flesh yellowish-white, a little gritty near the 

 core, the rest buttery, rich, and very excellent, with some- 

 thing of the peculiar flavor of the Monarch Pear. Well de- 

 serving of cultivation. Season, end of October till beginning 

 of December. 



Note. — This variety did not prove nearly as good in the fol- 

 lowing year, as in that in which the sample was sent to the 

 society ; it was nevertheless a good pear, though inferior to 

 others of the same season of maturity. 



7. MoccAS Pear. Fruit middle-sized, obovate, with a short 

 stalk. Eye somewhat open and very slightly sunk. Skin 

 brown. Flesh inclining to yellow, melting, juicy, rich, and 

 high flavored, resembling, in this respect, the Monarch Pear, 

 and almost equal to that very excellent variety. Season, 

 December. 



Note. — This is, I think, a very fine pear, but the sample 

 sent was not equal in quality to the former produce. It is 

 somewhat singular that all my pears ripened much later, and 

 less perfectly in the last (1831,) than in the three preceding cold 

 and wet seasons : probably owing to the paralyzing effects of 

 the very severe frost of the 7th of May, which destroyed almost 

 sill the blossoms of the pears and apples in the surrounding orch- 

 ards. Tree of excessively rapid growth, and very productive 

 of blossom, which I have reason to believe capable of bearing, 

 without injury, very unfavorable weather. 



8. Broom-Park Pear. Fruit nearly middle-sized, roundish. 

 Eye in a moderate-sized hollow. Stalk about an inch in 

 length, moderately thick. Skin entirely covered with cinna- 

 mon-colored russet. Flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, with 

 something of a melon flavor, sugary and rich Its very pecu- 

 liar flavor may be said to partake of the melon and pine-apple. 

 Season, January. A sort highly deserving of cultivation. 



Note. — The singular mixture of flavor in this pear was 



