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exhibited the last three or four years, by' Mr. S. Walker of 

 Roxbury; and from a specimen selected last autumn from 

 upwards of a barrel of pears, produced on the tree in Mr. 



Fig. 15. Fondante Van Mons. 



Walker's garden, our drawing {Jig. 15) was made. Wish- 

 ing to ascertain the period of the introduction of this variety, 

 and other particulars respecting it, we addressed a note to 

 Mr. Walker, who kindly sent us the following account — so 

 full, as to render any remarks of our own unnecessary : — 



" The first specimens I ever saw of this pear, were from 

 a tree on the estate of the late William B. Sweet, Esq., about 

 twelve years ago. I understood Mr. Sweet to say that he 

 obtained the tree from Messrs. Prince & Co. of Flushing, 

 L. I. I afterwards purchased a part of said estate, with the 

 tree thereon, and exhibited specimens of the fruit, at the 

 rooms of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, some two 

 or three years ; and it was not until the late Mr. R. Manning, 

 of Salem, fruited and presented specimens of it, that I could 

 obtain its name. 



"The tree is a free grower, a good bearer, and every other 



