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Art. II. Pomological Notices ; or notices respectiiig new 

 and superior fruits worthy of general cultivation. De- 

 scriptions of six varieties of Pears of recent iiitroduction. 

 By the Editor. 



In several of our preceding volumes we have given out- 

 Hne engravings of different varieties of new pears, and" 

 more particularly in our last volume, (VIII. p. 56,) where 

 we added the engravings of five kinds to Mr. Manning's 

 excellent communication. At p. 132 of the present volume 

 we resumed the subject of presenting our readers with en- 

 gravings of other new sorts of pears, of recent introduction 

 from abroad, or seedlings raised in our own country, and 

 we now give the descriptions, together with the drawings, 

 of six superior varieties. They are each accurately taken 

 from specimen fruits, which were furnished us, principally, 

 by the late Mr. Manning, but in some instances from other 

 amateur cultivators of fruit: and they were all from trees 

 which had been proved. We shall continue to make se- 

 lections from onr portfolio of drawings until we have given 

 engravings of all the varieties which possess interest to the 

 fruit-grower, whether for the purpose of merely clearing up 

 any doubts respecting the nomenclature of a variety, or to 

 convey an idea of its size, form or general appearance. 

 We shall commence our numbers with the article we have 

 already alluded to at p. 132, and continue them as our de- 

 scriptions may appear in the present or succeeding volumes. 



7. Dearborn's Seedling. Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn in 

 N E. Farmer, Vol. X. p. 59. 



The first account we have of this superior pear is to be 

 found in the A^. E. Partner., above referred to, p. 54, where 

 it is named in the report of the fruit committee as having 

 been sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 exhibition. The committee at that time considered it a 

 valuable acquisition, and proj)osed that it should be called 

 the " Dearborn pear." In a subsequent page, (59) will be 

 found a letter from Gen. Dearborn, addressed to Mr. S. 

 Downer, then chairman of the fruit committee, describing, 



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