thirty'nine varieties of Pears. 



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tie known here. I think as it ripens early, it deserves more 

 attention than it has received. 



35. Muscadine. — Tn size, shape and color, it resembles 

 the Dearborns' seedling; it is a first rate pear, ripening in 

 September. This variety originated in the vicinity of New- 

 burgh, N. Y., and was introduced to notice by Messrs. Down- 

 ing, of that place, from whom I received scions. [In our first 

 volume, J). 364, will be found a communication from our cor- 

 respondents Messrs. Downing, describing this pear, together 

 with an engraving of the fruit taken from a specimen sent to 

 us by those gentlemen. As many of our present readers may 

 not possess our earlier volumes we repeat the engraving here. 

 Ed.] 



The Muscadine Pear. 



36. Hampderi's Bergamot. — The size is large; skin green. 

 The fruit was injured by being blown from the tree before 

 ripe. I received the scions from the London Horticultural 



