432 Pomological Notices ; 



55. Lawrence. 



The first published account of this new pear will be found 

 in our Vol. X., p. 36, in our Report of the Exhibitions of the 



Fiff. 29. Lawrence Pear. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, where a copy of a letter 

 appears from Messrs Wilcomb and King, of Flushing, L. I,, 

 who sent some very large and fine specimens for exhibition, 

 which we had the pleasure of tasting with the Committee, and 

 from one of which our drawing {fig. 29) was made. Messrs. 

 Wilcomb & King state " that it is a native of Flushing ; that it 

 produces abundant crops every year, and is in eating over 

 four months, from October to February. It is not inclined to 

 rot or shrivel, as is the case with some of our winter pears. 

 The tree is of fair growth, and very full of thorns, and ap- 

 pears to be a cross between the old St. Germain and St. Mi- 



