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Notice of Three New Varieties of Fruit. 



Mr. Sterling, who resides near Buffalo in this state : it is 

 called the Sterling pear : its history, as given me by Messrs. 

 Wilson, Thorbiu-n & Teller, nurserymen of this city, who 

 own the tree, and from which I procured the fruit, is as fol- 

 lows : — Mr. Sterling, being on a visit to Connecticut some 

 eighteen or twenty years since, ate of the fruit of a pear tree 



Fig. 36. Sterling Pear. 



growing there, and saved the seeds. On his return home, he 

 planted them, and succeeded in raising and fruiting several trees, 

 all of which, with the exception of this one, proving worthless. 

 Grafts were procured from him, brought to this city, and pre- 

 sented to the above-named individuals, by a gentleman whose 

 residence is in this vicinity, and who vouches for the truth of 

 the above stateaient. The tree is of thrifty growth and up- 



