Descriptions of Six Varieties of Pears. 441 



60. Edwards's Elizabeth. 



Probably no individual has raised a larger number of seed- 

 ling pears, in this country, than Ex-Governor Edwards of New 



Fig. 34. Edwards's Elizabeth. 



Haven. We believe upwards of twenty-five varieties have 

 been reserved, out of his numerous seedlings, which have been 

 named, and considered as possessing qualities worthy of cul- 

 tivation. In our last volume, (XI., p. 251,) we gave brief de- 

 scriptions of several of the best from Mr. Edwards's own pen, 

 and, among the number, the Elizabeth. Since then, we have 

 had the opportunity of making drawings and descriptions of 

 eight or ten from specimens sent, in October, 1845, to the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society for exhibition. The speci- 

 mens were, many of them, premature, and thequality of some 

 of the late varieties could not be well ascertained, but, among 

 those then about in season, was the Elizabeth, which proved 

 to be a fine fruit. It is certainly one of the handsomest pears 



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