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he stated to be a seedling raised in Scarborough, Me., and the 

 Committee pronounced it a "very fine fruit." Mr. Manning, 

 ever eager to add every new and desirable variety to his 

 collection, procured scions of the pear, with which he grafted 

 trees that produced fruit in 1841 or '42 : at that time, he gave 

 a short description of it as above referred to, with the remark 

 that it was '-'juicy and good." 



In the fall of 1846, our correspondent, Mr. Goodale, of Saco, 

 sent us several specimens of the McLaughlin pear, {fig. 22), 



Fig. 22. McLaughlin. 



with the following note : " I send you a sample of the McLaugh- 

 lin pear, thinking it probable you might like to describe it 

 in your Magazine some time. With us, it is vastly superior 

 to many usually considered first-rate, — though I do not con- 

 sider this as strictly first-rate — but it is the best winter pear 



