254 Pomological Notices : 



by the late Mr. Manning, who first fruited it in 1837, and 

 described it in his Boo/: of Fruits, p. 72, under the syno- 

 nym above given. We below present the engraving to our 

 readers, {Jig. 16.) 



Kinsr Edward's Pear. 



Mr. Manning, since the publication of his work on fruits 

 in 1838, at which time he stated that the name was un- 

 doubtedly erroneous, has detected the true name of this va- 

 riety, and for the last three years has exhibited fine speci- 

 mens of the fruit before the Massachusetts Horticultural 



