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Section 2. — Select Peaks. 



CLASS I. SUMMEK PEARS. 



1. Amire Joannet (St. John's). — Retained only on ac- 

 count of its earliness, and not recommended for small 

 collections ; the tree is a fine grower on both pear and 

 quince, and a profuse bearer; fruit small, pale yellow, 

 and sweet, soon mealy. — Twentieth to last of July. For- 

 eign. 



2. Beau Present cVArtois. — A good, juicy, half melt- 

 ing pear, medium size ; tree very vigorous and 2:>roductive 

 on the quince. — September. Foreign. 



3. Bloodgood. — An American pear of the first quality; 

 medium size, buttery, melting, and rich ; tree is a fair 

 grower ; succeeds well, and makes a fine pyramid on the 

 quince. — August. 



4. Bartlett (William's Bonchretien). — One of the most 

 23opular pears ; large, buttery, and melting, with a rich 

 musky flavor ; tree a fair, erect grower ; bears young and 

 abundantly, both on pear and quince ; the fruit ripens 

 perfectly in the house, if gathered even two or three 

 weeks before its time of ripening ; this prolongs its sea- 

 son. — Last of September. 



5. Canandaigua. — So named by the Congress Fruit 

 Growers, in 1849 ; previously called " Catharine.''^ It is, 

 in a]3pearance, very similar to the Bartlett, nearly as 

 large and as good ; melting and fine flavored ; tree is an 

 upright, vigorous grower on both pear and quince, and 

 very productive. In season middle of September. 



6. Deavljorn^s Seedling. — Rather below medium size, 

 pale yellow, melting and delicious ; tree a rapid, fine 

 grower, both on pear and quince, and bears young and 

 profusely ; one of the very best early summer pears, ripe 



