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green; flesh, melting, very juicy; fine grain, small core; exceedingly 

 rich, sweet, vinous flavor; rijjens well, and is in every respect first-rate, 

 Sept. 1. Obovate. 



No. 25, Brookline. — Fruited in 1862. Diam. 3 inches; melting, juicy, 

 with good flavor; ripens soundly, great bearer, fine market pear. Aug. 

 1. Short pyriform. 



No. 26, Chilton. — Fruited in 1865. Diam. 2^ inches; color, brown 

 russet; flesh, sweet, juicy, and buttery, with high flavor; ripens well; 

 very fine. Oct. 6. Turbinate. 



No. 27, Banks. — Fruited in 1863. Diam. 2| inches; color, rich yellow, 

 with sunny side bright red; flesh, melting, juicy, very sweet, with much 

 character; ripens perfectly, and keeps remarkably for an early pear. 

 Valuable not only for its great beauty and fine qualities, but for its time 

 of ripening. In every respect first-rate. Aug. 27. Turbinate. 



No. 2S, CusHMAN. — Fruited in 1865. Short diam. 2.i inches; long 

 diam. 3 inches; yellow and russety in color; nodular surface; flesh, sweet 

 and fine graiiied; small core; keeps well. Oct. 25. Pyriform. 



No. 29, Grant. — Fruited in 1862. Long diam. 4^ inches; short diam. 

 3i inches; color, greenish yellow; flesh, sweet, fine grained; small core; 

 flavor, rich; quality, first-rate. Oct. 4. Obtuse pyriform. 



No. 30, CiTRiNA. — Short diam. 2 inches; long diam. 3 inches; (fruited 

 in 1862); skin, bright yellow, lumpy and nodular; flesh, rather gritty, 

 but very rich in flavor and totally unlike any other pear; great bearer. 

 Sept. 15. Short jiyriform. 



No. 31, Muddy Brook. — Fruited in 1862. Diam. 2^ inches; skin, 

 dark green; flesh, white, melting and juicy, with good flavor; great bear- 

 er, and good market pear. Sept 1. Short pyriform. 



No. 32, . Fruited in 1865. Diam. 3 inches; j'ellowish green, 



with russet; good cooking pear, and keeps well into the middle of Feb- 

 ruary. Turbinate. 



No. 33, John Cotton. — Fruited in 1862. Diam. 2i inches; color, 

 green; flesh, fine grained, slightly acid; ripens well and bears abundant- 

 ly ; good market pear. Sept. 25. Turbinate. 



No. 34, Gov. Carver. — Fruited in 1863. Diam. 3 inches; flesh, firm 

 and very rich in flavor; keeps jjerfectly until June or July of following 

 year, and ripens well; fine flavor, and a valuable pear. Turbinate. 



No. 35, St. Patrick. — Fruited in 1863. Diam. 2^ inches; color, 

 green, with dots and some blush; keeps well, and ripens perfectly, with 

 a pleasant flavor. February 15. Short pyriform. 



No. 36. WiNSLOW. — Fruited in 1865. Diam. 2i inches; color, brown 

 russet; flesh, sweet, juicy, buttery and high flavored; ripens well. Oct. 

 21. Koundish. 



No. 37, Bergamotte Seedling. — Brought from Boston in 1838. 



