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small and is apt to crack. When this is the case it should 

 be kept from bearing for a year, by taking away all the 

 young fruit, so as to throw it into strong wood. By suita- 

 ble care and cultivation it will be found that it has neither 

 " run out," nor is it likely to be susperseded by any other 

 of domestic or foreign origin. Taking all its good quali- 

 ties into the account, it is entitled to the first place in the 

 first rank. 



165. Bloodgood's Early. 



The late James Bloodgood, of Flushing, L. I., gave us 

 grafts and fruit of this variety in the year 1833. He in- 

 formed us that it was a seedling variety. Fruit, middle 

 size, turbinate, about 2 inches long, and 1 and 3-4 in di- 

 ameter. Stalk, 1 inch long, slender and curved. Eye, 

 open, with a regular calyx. Stem, light yellow with rus- 

 set specks. Flesh, rich, melting, and buttery. It ripens 

 in the latter end of July. It is a desirable pear, coming 

 in a little after the I\Iadeline, which it somewhat resembles. 

 The Bloodgood of Manning is a very different variety. 



166. Angora. 



Introduced by Mr. Mantel, of this city ; principally val- 

 uable on account of its large size, and hence sought after 

 as a baking variety. It somewhat resembles the Uvedales 

 St. Germain, from which it is probably a seedling. See 

 No. 156. 



167. Andrews. 



A favorite native variety from Dorchester, Mass. Man- 

 ning says: "It is a most valuable pear, producing its 

 fruit early and abundantly'; ripe in Sept. and Oct. It has 

 not as yet fruited v>^ith us ; and, of course, we cannot speak 

 of it positively. 



3S. Bartlett. 



See Williams's Bouchretein, No. 33, p. 229. We pre- 

 fer to retain the original name, although it is known as 

 " Bartlett " amonor the cultivators in the Eastern states. 



