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melting, butteiy, juicy, sprightly, rich, with the Beurre d' Anjou 

 aroma and texture ; supposed to be from seed of that variety. 

 October 2 2d, No. 127, from seed of Urbaniste ; quality " best." 

 No. 75 has been described iu former reports. No. 22 was shown 

 again this season, and continues to hold its high reputation for 

 quality. November 13th, No. 1, which has been described in 

 former reports, was presented. No. 17 is a new seedling, never 

 before exhibited ; believed to be from seed of the Seckel ; medium 

 size, color greenish yellow, quality good. 



March 2d, 1875, Marshall P. Wilder presented the following 

 seedlings, from B. S. Fox, of San Jose, Cal. No 150 J, medium 

 size, roundish turbinate, smooth russet ; too far gone to judge of 

 well, but so far as could be tested, sweet and rich, keeping sound 

 at the core. Fox's No. 22 ; medium size ; strongly resembling 

 Beurre d'Aremberg in form, color, calyx, and seeds, and varying 

 like that ; flesh sweet with some astringency ; rich, fine grained, 

 with some granules around the core ; seeds large and plump, 

 cells verj^ large. Fox's seedling. Col. Wilder, large, oval, in size 

 and shape like Beurre d' Anjou, and sometimes (one specimen out 

 of four) elongated like that variety ; sweet, but not melting ; 

 calyx large, partially open, irregular. 



A specimen of British Queen, from Amos Bates, gathered dur- 

 ing the Annual Exhibition, was tested October 5th ; above 

 medium size ; obovate obtuse pyriform ; skin clear yellow, nearly 

 ,covered with thin russet, and reddened toward the sun ; flesh 

 white, fine grained, melting, juicy, sprightly and good, but with a 

 little too much astringency. 



A coreless pear, from Dr. A. C. Hamlin, Bangor, Me., was 

 brought in October 19th ; form oblong, very obtuse and broad at 

 the stem end (oblong obovate) ; skin dull yellow with a tinge of 

 red towards the sun ; flesh pretty white, melting, juicy, sweet and 

 rich ; some slight marks of core, but no appearance of a seed ; ex- 

 ternally it resembles Bonne d'Ezee. Origin unknown, but sup- 

 posed to be some old variety which has assumed this peculiar con- 

 dition, and not a seedling, but may be. It is entirely distinct 

 from the Poire Sans Pepins of the French. October 16th, A. J. 

 Dean exhibited a pear called Rogers' Seedling, of fair quality. 

 October 23d, Marshall P. Wilder exhibited a seedling pear, called 

 Lancaster ; grown by T. S. Lancaster, of Gloucester ; of medium 

 size ; in quality could hardly be called good. November 13th, he 



