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crisp, very tender, juicy, with a very rich, honeyed flavor ; quality very good, if 

 not best. Ripe October to November. 



CocklUi's Favorite. — Originated with E. H. Cockhn of Shepherdstown, Penn., 

 who describes it as a very fine dessert-fruit ; keeps well, and continues in use 

 from September till February. Tree a beautiful, upright grower, and ver}' pro- 

 ductive. Fruit rather small, roundish, oblate, inclining to conic ; skin whitish, 

 with a thin shade of crimson in the sun ; flesh white, fine grained, crisp, very 

 tender, juicy, mild, pleasant, sub-acid ; quality very good. 



Flake's Fall. — Received from James A. Nelson and Sons, of Indian Run, 

 Mercer County, Penn. ; and they inform me that it originated near that place, 

 and is a very profitable sort for market. Moderate, rather upright grower, great 

 bearer, and a large, valuable variety for that section. Fruit large, oblate, inclin- 

 ing to conic, slightly angular; skin yellowish, shaded, striped and splashed over 

 the whole surface with light and dark crimson, almost purplish in the sun ; flesh 

 white, fine grained, crisp, tender, moderately juicy, with a very pleasant, mild, 

 sub-acid flavor, peculiarly aromatic ; quality very good, or best. Ripe Septem- 

 ber to November. 



Pears. — Edmunds. — Originated with Eliphalet Edmunds of Brighton, near 

 Rochester, N.Y. ; and promises to be one of the best of its season. Tree a very 

 strong grower ; fruit medium to large, somewhat irregular in form, and surface 

 uneven, obtuse, pyriform, angular ; skin yellow, with slight nettings of russet ; 

 stalk very long, set in a shallow cavity ; flesh fine, whitish, juicy, melting, with 

 a sweet, rich, peculiar flavor, somewhat like almond or walnut; quality very 

 good or best. Ripe middle of September to middle of October. 



Mary. — Not having seen the fruit of this pear, we give F. R. Elliott's de- 

 scription : " Raised by Christopher Wiegel of Cleveland, O., from seed of the 

 Seckel. Tree upright, vigorous, an early and abundant bearer ; fruit a little 

 below medium in size, form generally globular, obtuse, pyriform, occasionally 

 one-sided ; skin rich, pale yellow, mostly overspread and dotted with bright, 

 rich red, becoming deep ne.xt the calyx, and a little russet next the stem ; flesh 

 white, finely granulated, almost buttery, juicy, sweet ; very good ; season before 

 the Madeleine, or early to middle of July." 



Margaret. — Another of Christopher Wiegel's Seedlings. "Its history the 

 same as the Mary. Fruit medium size, oblong, ovate ; color lemon-yellow 

 ground, — when fully ripe, mostly overspread with deep, dull red, small russet 

 dots, and patches of russet; flesh white, finely granulated, juicy, vinous, sweet, 

 and free from astringency. Season last of July and early August." 



Other new kinds, such as Dr. Turner's, Dr. Shurtleff 's New Seedlings, Pain- 

 ters Seedling, Howard, Richardson's Seedlings, Clapp's New Seedlings, and 

 Hebe, are spoken of as valuable. 



Reeder''s Seedling. — Specimens of this new pear were sent us last fall by Dr. 

 Henry Reeder of Varick, Seneca County, N.Y. ; and, judging from the fruit, 

 we should think it of superior quality. Mr. Reeder writes that the tree is about 

 twelve years old, and was raised I'rom the seed of Winter Nelis ; whicli tree grew 

 near a Seckel, and is, no doubt, a cross of the two varieties. Tree healthy and 



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