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in this short space of time, towards adding to the list of fine 

 pears, than all the cultivators of Europe, excepting Yan Mons, 

 during the present century. 



The Heathcot {Jig- 33,) was raised in 1812, on the estate 

 of the late Gov. Gore in Waltham, and was so named after 

 the old gardener who planted the seed. It first bore fruit in 

 1824, and up to 1828, when it was first brought into no- 

 tice by Messrs. Winships, it had uniformly produced good 

 crops. In 1830, Mr. Toohey, the gardener, exhibited fine 

 specimens which weighed eight and a quarter, and seven 

 oimces each, and the committee pronounced this variety as 

 deserving of extensive cultivation, resembling, in its qual- 

 ities, a sprightly St. Michael, and of equally fine appearance. 

 We write our description with six specimens before us, three 

 from J. B. Thomas, Esq., of Plymouth, whose garden we had 

 the pleasure of visiting, a few days since, and three from Col . 

 Wilder : our drawing is from one of the latter, but the former, 

 being rather more mature, from a warmer locality, were of 

 superior flavor and excellence. The Heathcot is often varia- 

 ble in form, but that now figured is the general shape of the 

 fruit. Tree moderately vigorous, having much the appear- 

 ance of the Dix, with rather slender, brownish gray wood, and 

 small, rather narrow, wavy leaves. 



Size, medium, about three inches long, and nearly three in 

 diameter : Fonii, obovate, tapering to an obtuse point at the 

 stem; Skin, greenish yellow, becoming lemon yellow when 

 mature, more or less clouded, and interlaced with russet, par- 

 ticularly around the eye and stem, and slightly browned on 

 the sunny side : Stem, medium length, about three quarters 

 of an inch, rather stout, somewhat knobby, dull brown, curv- 

 ed, and obliquely inserted in a small, round, moderately deep 

 cavity, highest on one side : Eye, small, closed, slightly de- 

 pressed in a small, uneven, ridged basin ; segments of the ca- 

 lyx short, thick, and fleshy : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 very melting, buttery and juicy : Flavor, rich, sprightly, vi- 

 nous and excellent, with little perfume : Core, rather large : 

 Seeds, large, peculiarly pointed at the obtuse end, dark brown. 

 Ripe in October. 



