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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. 



"White Dean 

 Virgalieu, 

 Butter Pear, 

 St. Michael, 

 Virgaloo, 

 Bergaloo, 

 Yellow Butter, 



"White Beurr<^, 



White Autumn Beurre 



Eegnier, 



Dean's, 



Warwick Bergamotte, 



Snow Pear, 



Pine Pear, 



St. Michael, 

 Doyenne, 

 Doyenne Blanc, 

 Beurrfe Blanc, 

 Keigner, 



And twelve others of 

 French and Dutch. 



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 tc 

 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 is 

 iuicv not high flavored. October. 



