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list, adds to it, in addition to Clapp's Favorite and Flemish 

 Beauty, well tested here, two newer kinds, the St. Ghistam 

 and Onondaga. 



KeiefTr's Hybrid Pear, of which we give an illustration, 

 is a seedling from the Sha-Li, or Sand Pear, and the Bart- 

 lett. At the Philadelphia Centennial a prize medal was 

 awarded the originator for producing a pear "of remarkable 

 excellence, giving promise of great value." The fruit is 

 large, measuring ten to sixteen inches around, weighing 

 from ten to eighteen ounces, and very uniform in size. Color, 

 greenish-yellow, some russet; flesh white, buttery, juicy . 

 quality, good ; season, October. It does not rot until very 

 ripe, and remains firm at the core to the last. They bear 

 shipment as well as apples. The cut shown was made from 

 a specimen measuring twelve inches in circumference and 

 weighing eighteen ounces. It is believed that they are 

 never affected by blight. We suggest their trial as being 

 suited to our climate. 



