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growth, a good bearer, but does not bear young," Since then, 

 Mr Manning informs us that he is not certain that this is al- 

 ways the case ; the tree in his collection was grafted in 1838, 

 and did not bear until last year, (1845,) when it had acquired 

 a good size ; but, the present season, he saw scions in Mr. 

 Lee's garden, which had been set only four years, full of 

 fruit. From the fact that W. Oliver, Esq., of Dorchester, ex- 

 hibited the fruit in 1842, from the same lot of scions as those 

 sent Mr. Manning, we suspect it comes into bearing at the 

 usual period of most pears. Wood reddish brown. 



Size medium, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 in diameter : Form, pyramidal, but rather variable, rounded 

 at the crown, and tapering into the stem : Skin, fair, slightly 

 rough, dull yellow, brightly shaded with red on the sunny 

 side, somewhat russeted, and irregularly covered with black 

 specks : Stem, rather long, about one and a quarter inches, 

 moderately stout, curved, and obliquely attached to the fruit 

 by a fleshy junction, much swollen on one side : Eye, medium 

 size, open, sHghtly sunk in a round, very shallow basin ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx short. Flesh, white, fine, melting, and 

 very juicy : Flavor, rich, very sugary and delicious, with a 

 high aromatic perfume, to which we are at a loss to give a 

 name : Core, small : Seeds, small, plump, brown. Ripe in 

 August and September. 



67. Hull. 



The Hull pear {^fig. 31,) was first introduced to notice by 

 Mr. D. Wilbur, Jr., of Somerset, Mass., in which town it orig- 

 inated, and where the original tree is now growing : speci- 

 mens were sent for exhibition in the autumn of 1843, and the 

 committee pronounced it nearly or quite first rate. Our 

 drawing is from one of the handsomest of the specimens 

 then exhibited. To the politeness of Mr. Wilbur, we are in- 

 debted for scions from the parent tree, and next season 

 we hope to see them in fruit. We esteem it one of the best 

 native varieties which has yet been introduced. It is a free 

 and vigorous grower, making upright, reddish brown shoots, 

 with rather large gray spots ; leaves broad, coarsely serrated, 



