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borders undulate, bright green, paler beneath, nerves con- 

 spicuous." 



This communication was dated Sept. 1831 ; the tree first 

 fruited in 1830, when it bore one pear ; in 1831 it produced 

 thirty-five. 



Our description of this variety {Jig. 14,) is as follows : 

 iSize, medium, two inches long, and two inches in diame- 

 ter : Form, nearly round, inclining to oblong, full and 

 rounded at the blossom end, tapering gradually to the stem: 

 Skin, fair, smooth, thin, pale green, becoming of a beauti- 



Dearbam's Seedling Pear. 



ful lemon yellow when mature, and sprinkled with minute 

 russetty specks, having around the base of the stem a circle 

 of light cinnamon russett : Ste?n, long, one inch and a quar- 

 ter, smooth, curved, pale brown, and inserted in a small 

 cavity: Eye, rather small, closed, and slightly depressed: 

 Flesh, white, fine, very melting and juicy : Flavor, rich, 

 and highly perfumed. Ripe in August and September. It 

 is decidedly one of the finest summer pears, comparing 

 with that famed and truly delicious fruit the old St. Mi- 

 chael or Doyenne blanc. 



