Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



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scarcely depressed basin ; segments of the calyx short, entire : 

 Flesh, greenish white, coarse, melting and very juicy : Fla- 

 vor, rich and sugary, with a spicy aroma resembling the 

 Seckel : Core, small : Seeds, medium size, slightly pointed at 

 the base, black. Ripe from the middle to last of August. 



161. Seckel. Coxe's Fruit Trees, pi. 25. 



Seckle, of many authors. 



Sycle, ^ 



Red Cheeked Seckel, C According to Lon. Hort. Soc. Cut. 



New York Red Cheek, ) 



Shakespeare, of some French collections. 



We close our descriptions of Pennsylvania pears with the 

 Seckel, (fg. 34,) and we think the Key Stone State may- 

 claim a pretty prominent place in the production of native 

 varieties. The Seckel has a world-wide reputation of itself, 



Seckd. 



and, with the Brandywine, might challenge any other State 

 or country to produce their equals. It is now upwards of 

 thirty years since Coxe first described it, and yet it is the 



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