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regard to its excellence, we found but few who knew it, and 

 those who did thought we had overrated it. We therefore 

 deferred giving a full description until another trial, and 

 briefly noticed it as above referred to. 



This variety, {fig. 41,) originated in the nursery of the 

 Messrs. Winships of Brighton, about fifteen years ago. Nei- 

 ther Kenrick, Manning, or Downing, even mention it, and it 



Fig. 41. Winsfup's Seedling. 



seems to have been almost entirely confined to Messrs. Win- 

 ships' grounds, where it has fruited abundantly every year, 

 coming in at a season when there are few pears to be had. 

 The present year, the fruit was all gone when Dearborn's 

 Seedling was ripe, and its season is between the Citron des 

 Carmes, (or Madeline,) and the former variety, when there 

 are no pears, if we except the Jargonelle, of equal merit. 

 The tree is of vigorous growth, with yellowish wood, and 



