1 54 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



tender, melting, and pleasant. Mr. Manning says : " It comes 

 early into bearing and produces abundant crops every year in 

 August." 



CRAWFORD, Early Crawford. A fine early Scotch Pear, of 

 medium size, round at the eye, diminishing at the stem ; the 

 skin is entirely of a light yellow ; the flesh juicy, tender, and 

 good. Eipens its fruit in August. 



Theodore Van Mona. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. This variety originated in the gar- 

 den of the Hon. H. A. S. Dearborn, of Roxbury. The tree is 

 of vigorous growth; fruit of medium size, rounded at the 

 crown, and regularly diminishes in a parabolic manner to the 

 stalk ; the skin is smooth, thin, green, with russet spots ; at 



