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right habit, and an early bearer. It is but two years since 

 the grafts were inserted, and it lias this year borne about two 

 dozen pears. 



I also send you a few plums of a very delicious character, 

 taken from a tree growing in the garden of Mr. A. Van Voast 

 of this city. It is called the Schenectady Catherine plum, 

 and originated iii a garden of that city. Trees have been 

 growing there for several years past. I cannot account for 

 the remissness of pomologists in that vicinity for allowing so 

 valuable a fruit to remain unknown, comparatively, so long 

 a time. I rank it among the very best, fully equal, in all 

 respects but color, to the Reine Claude. It is a thrifty grower 

 and prolific bearer, having borne large crops of fruit for sev- 

 eral years past : its growth is similar to that of the Imperial 

 Gage. 



And, together with these, I send you a few specimens of 

 the Judson plum, a valuable seedling, grown by a gentleman 

 of that name residing at Lansingburg, some eight or nine miles 

 north of this city. The tree is said to bear very heavy crops, 

 and to be a thrifty grower. 



Academy Park, Albany, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1S47, 



We are gratified in having the pleasure of presenting our 

 pomological friends with the above notice of three new fruits, 

 which possess great merit, especially the plums, one of which 

 we class at the head of all the varieties we now possess. We 

 add the following descriptions and engravings of the several 

 kinds : — 



1. Sterling Pear. 



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

 diameter : Form, roundish obovate, largest in the middle, 

 tapering to each end : Skin, very fair, smooth, clear pale 

 waxen yellow, beautifully marbled and shaded with red on 

 the sunny side, with a small patch of russet at the base of the 

 stem : Stem, long, about one and a half inches, rather stout, 

 curved, knobby, swollen, and fleshy at the base, and inserted 

 without depression : Eye, medium size, open, and slightly 

 sunk in a small, smooth, shallow basin ; segments of the calyx 

 medium length, narrow, projecting: Flesh, white, coarse, 



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