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Lawrence. — This pear is of the first quality ; is of good size ; 

 origin, Fhishing, Long Island, N. Y. ; it produces fine crops ; 

 ripens from October to January. 



Heathcote. — Originated on the farm of Gov. Gore, in Wal- 

 tham, Mass. ; without being always first-rate, is still a fine pear ; 

 of medium size ; bears well, not greatly ; ripens in September. 



Gushing. — Origin, Hingham, Mass. This is a fine fruit; 

 above medium size ; produces well ; identical with the " Kau- 

 nas " of Boston; ripens in almost all soils, resembling in this 

 peculiarity the Bartlett. 



Seckel. — A pear of the richest flavor of any variety known. 

 It is of small size ; the tree is healthy, with a short, compact 

 growth ; origin, near Philadelphia ; the fruit grows larger when 

 worked upon hardy old trees, such as the Windsor, Pound, &c. 

 This fruit sells well in all the markets of our country ; it ripens 

 from October to December. 



BuFFUM. — Native of Rhode Island ; a fine orchard fruit ; it 

 bears greatly, and is of a strong, upright growth ; a handsome 

 and salable fruit of medium size ; ripens in September and 

 October. 



Blaker's Meadow. — This fruit, said to have been found in a 

 meadow in Pennsylvania, is one of the most thrifty and hand- 

 some formed trees ; an excellent stock for grafting. We once 

 raised a fine lot of seedling trees from this fruit. The fruit is 

 generally good, not first-rate ; a prodigious bearer ; on a light, 

 warm soil, it is often rich, hence it has been called at the South, 

 the large Seckel ; fruit below medium size ; rij^ens in November. 



Wilkinson. — This sugary pear, particularly in strong and 

 rather moist land, originated in Rhode Island. It is an excel- 

 lent fall fruit, of large medium size, coming between the autumn 

 and winter pears ; an annual bearer ; always ripens, never 

 rotting at the core. 



Deaeborn's Seedling. — A fine early pear ; origin, Boston ; 

 bears Avell, not greatly ; it succeeds the Bloodgood, and precedes 

 the Bartlett in ripening. The growtli of the tree is handsome 

 and thrifty ; fruit rather larger than the Seckel. 



Bloodgood. — This fruit wc consider when grown upon a warm 

 and rich loam, to be the best early pear for cultivation in this 

 vicinity. This and the above are superior to the Jargonelle, 

 Franc Real, Madaleine, and English Red Cheek ; fruit rather 



