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latter cause than anything else. We have ourselves tasted 

 specimens which were quite inferior, and others which were 

 of the highest character. The fruit from which our engraving 

 was made, {Jig. 11), was of the latter description ; it came 



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Lewis Pear. 



from the excellent collection of J. S. Cabot, Esq., of Salem, 

 whose fruits are always of remarkable size and beauty, and 

 was a fine specimen of this variety. It fully sustained the 

 judgment of Mr. Thompson. The tendency of the tree to 

 produce immense crops, is as great as the Seckel, and in 

 consequence of this they are generally found, like the lat- 

 ter, quite small, and often possessing but few of the real 

 qualities of the pear. 



