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The Pemberton Pear. 



THE PEMBERTON PEAR. 



Dr. S. a. Shurtleff raised from the seed of Gansel's Bergamotte a prom- 

 ising young tree, which he transplanted from his garden on Pemberton Hill, 

 Boston, to its present position in Boylston Street, Brookline, in the year 

 1838. It soon after fruited, bearing a pear possessing many of the charac- 

 teristics of its ancestor. In 1847, a seedling frotn this came up, and in 

 1863, at the age of sixteen, bore its first fruit, which we now figure as the 

 Pemberton Pear. 



Tree. — Purple bark, with dark-green leaves ; a vigorous grower, with 

 strong, upright shoots ; scions and buds take readily, and grow rapidly ; an 

 abundant bearer. 



Pndt. — Turbinate, of a bright-yellow color, with a deep-crimson cheek 

 toward the sun ; flesh melting and juicy, with a sprightly sweet flavor, of 

 a delicate vinous character, somewhat gritty at core ; medium size. Ripens 

 about the ist of September, and may be kept until the 20th. 



