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THE PEAR. 



have seen it several 

 times, and as we write 

 this, September 25,1853, 

 have the fruit before us. 

 It is worthy a place in 

 all collections. The tree 

 is hardy, vigorous, up- 

 right, spreading in form, 

 dark brown shoots, and 

 early good bearer on the 

 pear root. Our draw- 

 ing was made from a 

 specimen pulled in Au- 

 gust, and is below an 

 average size. 



Fruit, above medium, 

 obtuse pyriform, slight- 

 ly angular; color, rich 

 brown russet, mostly 

 I overspreading a yellow 

 ground, with a brownish 

 red cheek in sun ; stem, 

 rather short; cavity, shal- 

 low, with unequal pro- 

 jections ; calyx, with seg- 

 ments nearly erect, sur- 

 rounded by depressed 

 crescent-shaped furrows in a shallow basin ; core, small ; seeds, black- 

 ish ; flesh, yellowish white, melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, vinous. 

 Season, last September and October. 



DEARBORN'S SEEDLING. 



Wheeler s New St. Michael. 



Raised by Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn, about 1819, at Roxbury, 

 Mass. Tree, vigorous, erect, yet spreading ; requires little pruning; 

 productive on the pear root. 



Fruit, rather small, roundish, inclining to obovate, narrowing a 

 little to the stem ; color, pale yellow, little russet at base of stem, 

 and surface dotted with small russet dots ; calyx, with short thick 

 segments ; stem, long, slender, curved ; core, medium ; seeds, dark 

 brown, long, pointed ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, melting, 

 juicy, sweet, delicately perfumed. Season, August. 



