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THE PEAR. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. 

 Done's, | Wheeler's New St. Michael 



Raised by General H. A. S. Dearborn, about 1819, at Roxbury, Mass. 

 Tree, vigorous, erect, yet spreading; requires little pruning; productive 

 on the pear root ; quality variable. 



Fruit, rather small, roundish, inclining to obovate, narrowing a little to 

 the stem ; color, pale yellow, little russet at base of stem, and surface 

 dotted with small russet dots ; calyx, with short thick segments ; stem, long, 

 slender, curved ; core, medium ; seeds, dark brown, long, pointed ; flesh, 

 yellowish white, fine-grained, melting, juicy, sweet, delicately perfumed. 

 August. 



DOYENNE WHITE. 



An old variety, everywhere esteemed when well grown. Trees, hardy, 

 productive either on Pear on Quince. 



Fruit, medium, obovate pyriform ; color, clear pale yellow, regularly 

 sprinkled with small dots, often a fine red cheek ; stem, medium, brownish ; 

 cavity, small, round ; calyx, small, closed ; basin, shallow, slightly plaited ; 

 flesh, white, fine-grained, melting, juicy, buttery, delicious. September to 

 November. 



The DOYENNE PANACHEE is a sub-variety, differing from this in its more 

 pyriform shape, and its color being yellow, green and red striped. It ia 

 juicv not high flavored. October. 



