Description of Six varieties of Native Pears. 299 



Mr. Manning first fruited it in 1837, and after two years 

 trial he pronounced it " decidedly a first rate fruit and 

 worthy of extensive cultivation." Its liability to crack in 

 certain localities, may induce some cultivators to discard it, 

 though we think this should be no objection till it is fairly 

 tried. The beurre Diel, in some soils, cracks as much as 

 the white Doyenne. 



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Cabot Pear. 



Size, medium, two and a half inches long, and two and 

 a half inches in diameter : Form, roundish obovate, slightly 

 irregular, full around the eye, regularly tapering into the 

 stem : S/ci7i, rough, uneven, clear cinnamon russet, with 

 some indistinct whitish points, and a little marbling of red 

 on the sunny side : Stem, medium length, about one inch, 

 light brown, with russet protuberances, fleshy at its junc- 



