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logical collection of Mr. Manning, of Salem, in 1844, to whom 

 the public are already so highly indebted for the first intro- 

 duction of our choicest pears, and a brief account of it was 



F^ff. 14. Paradise d'Automne. 



given in a late number (p. 149) by Mr. Manning, who sent 

 us two outline drawings, one from the fruit produced in 1844, 

 and another — from recollection — of the fruit of 1845, when 

 the tree bore a large quantity, and which Mr. Manning 

 thought the more general form of the variety ; we fortunately 

 had made a drawing from one of the very handsome speci- 

 mens exhibited last September, and given us by Mr. Manning, 

 an engraving of which is amiexed. 



