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DESCRIPTIONS 



87. SALISBURY'S SEEDLING. Plate 14. 



Fig. 20. 



Fiuit large, elongaled ; body short, with a 

 thick, prolonged neck ; base obtuse, bear- 

 ing a short, recurved stem. Color yellow, 

 sprinkled with redish brown dots, coalescing 

 on the sunny side, and forming a brown 

 surface ; skin rather smooth. Calyx close, 

 of medium size, inclosed in a narrow de- 

 pression. Flesh wiiite, sweet and juicy. 

 Comes into use in August, and continues 

 fit for baking till October. It is one of the 

 finest baking pears in the state. Originated 

 with Nathan Salisbury, of Cortland county, 

 New-York. 



WINTER PEARS. 



Class L Length and breadth equal or s^ubequal. 

 Order I. Base acute or subacute. 

 88. MOCCAS. 

 Fruit about the medium size, unsymmetrical ; body prolonged to the stem; sides unecjual, 

 with unequal curves, terminating in a subacute base, and running into a thin, slender, 

 curved stem, an inch and a quarter long. Color pale yellowish green, with a brown 

 cheek, and sprinkled tliickly with brown and russet dots and stripes. Calyx short, stifT, 

 inserted in an unequal depression. Flesh yellowish white, juicy, and ricldy flavored 

 December. 

 One of Mr. Knight's pears. 



