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Abbott. Color, dark green, with reddish brown cheek ; 

 form, oblong obovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, sugary 

 and butter}' ; quality, 2; season, August and September. 



Eemarks. — From Eh ode Island. 



Adele pe St. J)enis. Color, yellow, with some russet; 

 form, obovate, irregular ; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table ; texture, 

 melting, juicy ; quality, 3; season, September. 



Remarks. — Terv little known here yet. Foreiocn, 



Alpha. Color, pale yellowish green, with some reddish 

 spots, then pale yellow blush ; form, obovate, and a little 

 oblong ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 2 

 to 3; season, September and October. 



Eemarks. — A seedling, from Belgium, of Yan Mons. It 

 is a moderately pleasant and passable fruit. 



Amire Joannct. Color, green and yellow ; form, pyri- 

 form ; size, 3; use, table; texture, buttery; quality, 2 to 

 3; season, June and July. 



Eemarks. — Sj^nonymous with Early Sugar and St. 

 John. Exhibited before the Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society, by Mr. McWilliams, Nurseryman and Pomol- 

 oscist. 



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Althorpe Crassane. Color, pale green ; form, round- 

 ish obovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality', 

 2; season, October and November. 



Eemarks. — The quality of this pear is not alway? 



