DEARBORN'S SEEDLING PEAR. 



Wood. — Reddish brown, freckled with small fawn-colored specks; 

 old wood, dull grayish brown ; buds, small, short, rounded, erect : 

 Flower-buds medium size, ovate, with slightly woolly scales. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate, rounded at the base, shortly pointed, 

 smooth, undulated, and httle folded at the edges, with conspicuous 

 nerves beneath, and finely and regularly serrated; petioles medium 

 length, about one and a quarter inches, somewhat slender. 



Flowers. — ^Medium size ; petals round, cupped. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about two inches long, and two inches in 

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

 rounded at the crown, and narrowing little to the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, 

 thin, pale green, becoming of a beautiful lemon yellow when mature, with 

 a large fawn- colored blotch at the base of the stem, and the surface dot- 

 ted with minute russety specks : Stem, rather long, about an inch and 

 a quarter in length, moderately slender, smooth, curved, and obliquely 

 inserted in a very small cavity : Eye, rather small, open, and shghtly 

 depressed ; segments of the calyx short, thick, projecting : Flesh, yel- 

 lowish white, fine, melting, buttery, and juicy: Flavor, rich, sugary, 

 dehcately perfumed, and delicious : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium 

 size, long, pointed, and dark brown. 



Ripe from the early part of August to the first of September. 



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