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i Leaves with globose glands; fruit medium, 

 roundish, terminated with a small point; suture slight; 

 skin pale yellow, nearly white, with a slight blush toward 

 the sun; flesh pale yellow, melting, and juicy, with a 

 sweet, pleasant flavor. Free. Ripens October 1st. 



Baldwin's Late* Fruit large and round, with a swollen 

 point; skin greenish- white, with a pale red cheek; flesh 

 firm, juicy, and melting, and good flavored. Ripe October 

 20th, and will keep for several weeks hi the house. Free. 



Pride Of Autumn*' Glands reniform; flowers large; 

 fruit medium size, oval ; skin white, with a red cheek ; 

 flesh white and firm ; flavor vinous, juicy. A fair Octo- 

 ber Cling. 



Eaton's Golden (ling, A premium peach from N". 

 Carolina ; flowers large ; fruit large, and resembles Craw- 

 ford's Late in appearance ; color bright yellow, marbled 

 with bright red, dark on the sunny side. The best late 

 Cling we have yet seen. Ripens October 10th. 



PEAR. (Pyi'us communis.) 



The pear is often found growing wild in hedges in vari- 

 ous parts of Europe, China, and Western Asia. It is a 

 thorny tree, with upright branches, tending to the pyram- 

 idal form. The wild fruit is exceedingly harsh and 

 astringent ; but no fruit whatever is more delicious, 

 sugary, and melting, than its best improved varieties. 

 The pear was early brought into cultivation ; there were 

 thirty-two varieties in Pliny's time, yet they were " but a 

 heavy fruit, unless boiled or baked," and it was not before 

 the seventeenth century that it became really worthy of 

 culture for the dessert. Indeed, the majority of the best 

 varieties have originated within the last fifty years. The 



