498 The Shenks Pear. 



fashion to labor for simplicity combined with grandeur and 

 cheerful solemnity. 



Beverly^ October, 1853. 



This subject will be continued in another essay, in which 

 the style of the monuments and statuary will be discussed. 



Art. III. The Shenks Pear. By the Editor. 



In our last number, we briefly noticed this pear, specimens 

 of which were forwarded to us in August, by Messrs. Thorp, 

 Smith, Hanchett & Co. of Syracuse, under the name of 

 Shenks' August, it being the same as previously- described by 

 Dr. Brinckle, of Philadelphia, as the Hosen Shenk. 



Upon tasting these specimens we found them exceedingly 

 good for an early pear, and as we then supposed it quite new, 

 and well worthy of being made known to cultivators, we 

 requested Messrs. T. S. H. & Co. to send us some account of 

 its origin, &c., to accompany a description and figure of the 

 fruit. A few days after we forwarded our note, Mr. Man- 

 ning, of Salem, made us a visit, and as our conversation, 

 among other things, turned upon the new pears, we men- 

 tioned to him that we had just tasted a fine one from Penn- 

 sylvania, called Shenk's August, which we thought likely to 

 be a valuable early variety. He immediately remarked that 

 he hoped it would prove better than the Old Shenks, re- 

 ceived from Pennsylvania, which he had cultivated for ten 

 years, and considered it nearly Avorthless. At once recollect- 

 ing of reading a description of the Shenks, by Mr. Manning's 

 father, some years ago, we asked him to give us a brief ac- 

 count of its shape, size, color, &c. His description of it cor- 

 responded so nearly with our specimens of the Shenk's Au- 

 gust, that we thought they must be the same, and desired 

 him to send us some of the fruit. Fortunately, on his return 

 home, he found two pears, which he sent us. We immedi- 

 ately identified them as one and the same variety. We then 



