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will all tend to place it high in the estimation of pear-growers and pear- 

 consumers, when it shall have become better known. Col. Wilder did 

 much towards introducing this variety \ he having imported it some time 

 previous to 1847. Though so long here, it has not attracted the attention 

 of fruit-growers to any considerable extent until within a very few years. 

 The fruit is from medium to large size, of regular outline, obovate ; stalk 

 quite stout, generally nearly straight, set in a slight depression ; calyx small, 

 open, in a smooth basin ; skin rather thick ; color pale greenish-yellow, 

 slightly russet at stem-end, with an occasional red cheek on exposed speci- 

 mens ; flesh yellowish-white, buttery, fine-grained, with rich, pleasant sub- 

 acid flavor ; tree a good grower, with light-olive-colored, stout wood ; 

 foliage light green, rolled up, not abundant. The fruit keeps well ; never 

 rotting at the core, but decaying from the outside : does well on pear or 

 quince stock. It is perfectly safe for any one to plant this variety either 

 for home-use or market. 



Dana's Hovev. — This comparatively new pear was raised by Francis 

 Dana of Roxbury, and named by him " The Hovey," in honor of Charles 

 M, Hovey, Esq., the well-known pomologist, who purchased the stock of 

 this and several other of Mr. Dana's new pears : and his name, as it well 

 deserves, will go down to posterity in connection with this most admirable 

 pear ; for it is destined to become very popular as an early winter-pear as 



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