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Kenrick, have rendered to the fruit cultivators, not only of 

 Boston and its vicinity, but to the whole country. To these 

 gentlemen, indeed, are we indebted for many of the fine vari- 

 eties we now possess, some of which, perhaps, as Dr. Van 

 Mons stated, we alone were the recipients, the trees having 

 been destroyed after the scions were cut, and forwarded to 

 America. Two liberal donations of scions were made by the 

 venerable Van Mons to the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, in 1831 and '32, both of which unfortunately never 

 came to hand ; and had not Messrs. Manning and Kenrick 

 again solicited scions, and replied to his letters, which alone 

 were received, it is probable that no further efforts, on the 

 part of the Belgian Pomologist, would again have been made 

 to forward scions. Their request, however, was kindly 

 responded to, and in the years 1834 and 1835, two donations 

 were received, containing all the fine pears which Van Mons 

 had then proved, and a great quantity under his private 

 mark and numbers, whose qualities were unknown. Among 

 the former was the Hericart, which is stated to have been 

 one of the latest productions of the donor. 



This variety is not named in either of the editions of the 

 London Horticultural Society's Catalogue, or in the most 

 extensive French catalogues, and is probably unknown 

 abroad. It first fruited, we believe, in Salem, in 1841 or 

 1842, and we are again indebted to Mr. Cabot for our speci- 

 men, which was produced in 1843. It is scarcely a first rate 

 pear, but it is well deserving a place in every collection of 

 any extent. 



Size, large, three inches long, and two and a half in diam- 

 eter : Form, oblong or obtuse) y pyramidal, somewhat flat- 

 tened, full around the eye, and slightly contracted above the 

 middle : Skin, rough, uneven, pale green, much russeted on 

 the sunny side, regularly covered with dark green specks, 

 with some blackish dots around the eye : Stem, long, about 

 one and a half inches, slender, rough, inserted in a very 

 shallow cavity, formed by projections of the fruit : Eye, me- 

 dium size, open, slightly sunk in a broad, shallow basin ; 

 segments of the calyx short, round : Flesh, greenish white, 

 melting and juicy: Flavor, pleasant and delicate, with an 

 agreeable perfume : Core, large ; Seeds, large, dark brown. 

 Ripe in September. 



