Or^ Descriptions of New Fruits. 253 



the fruit the following note, as given in our pages at that 

 time, (Vol. II. p. 37,) but which we republish here : 



" They are a pear which has lately been introduced to 

 notice, and these sent are very much below their usual 

 size. The original tree is a seedling, about fifteen inches 

 in diameter. It is on a farm belonging to Mr. Casser, in 

 West Chester County, thirteen miles lYom the city of New 

 York. We saw the tree yesterday, and also a graft from 

 the same four inches in diameter, which produced four 

 bushels of pears this year, (1835.) These were sold in 

 New York market for six dollars per bushel." 



Mr. Wilder, now President of the Society, at that time, 

 or shortly after, procured a good sized tree, and he has 

 during the last three years exhibited fine specimens of the 

 fruit, from one of which our drawing was made, in the fall 

 of 1842. 



Size, large, three and a half inches long, and two and 

 one half in diameter : Form, oblong, large at the blossom 

 end, broadest in the middle, and tapering somewhat to the 

 stem, though quite full : Skin., smooth, fair, light green 

 when gathered, but changing to a pale yellow when fully 

 ripe, and the surface occasionally touched with small 

 patches of russett : Stem, long, one and a quarter inches, 

 slender, curved, pale brown, inserted on the side of a slight 

 protuberance: Eye, medium size, open, and slightly sunk : 

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

 sweet, with a pleasant, though not high, perfume. Ripe 

 in November and December. 



It comes into eating just before the Glout Morceau, Passe 

 Colmar and Beurre d'Aremberg, and from its great beauty, 

 large size, and other qualities, is a variety deserving exten- 

 sive cultivation. The tree is a great and constant bearer. 



9. King Edward's. London Horticultural Society's Cata- 

 logue, 3d Edition. 



Jackman's Melting. Manning's Booh of Fruits. 



At page 127, in reviewing the list of pears in the 3d Edi- 

 tion of the London Horticultural Society's Catalogue, we 

 gave an account of this variety, as it had been proved un- 

 der the eye of Mr. Thompson, in the London Horticultural 

 Society's Garden at Chiswick, and remarked that we had 

 a drawing of the fruit from a fine specimen furnished us 



