Desc7'iptio7is of Six Varieties of Pears. 



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be the produce of a Jnneating, sent to me by Dr. Alfred Bay- 

 lies of Taunton ; and a fine pear raised on the estate of the 



Fig. 33. Hcathcot Pear. 



late Hon. Mr. Gore, [the Heathcot,] and which seems to be 

 between the Doyenne blanc and Doyenne gris. These are all 

 that have come to my knowledge." Thus it will be seen how 

 tardy were the admissions of our fine native fruits. But 

 we have copied the above extract for other purposes: first, 

 to show the rapid strides which Pomology has made since 

 1828 ; and, second, to give Mr. Lowell's opinion of the pear 

 we are about to describe, which, it will be observed, he states 

 was the only fine native pear, except the Seckel, then known. 

 Eighteen years have passed away, and yet the Heathcot is 

 comparatively a new fruit, Avhose merits we have heard cul- 

 tivators extol the present season as of the very highest charac- 

 ter. We have not space to make an enumeration of our na- 

 tive fruits now cultivated and considered of the first class, as 

 compared with 1828 ; but every cultivator will supply the in- 

 formation himself, and he must feel that we have done more. 



