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neighborhood of Boston. The prospect now is, that the sea- 

 son of 1850, will be as noted for its abundant crop, as that of 

 1849 was for its scarcity ; and the information our pomo- 

 logical friends are deprived of this year, they must hope to 

 be supplied with in the next : we can promise them, should 

 no untoward circumstances occur, a fund of information upon 

 a great number of new, as well as older, varieties, which 

 will fruit in our collection this year. 



Hegerman. — This is the name given to a new seedling 

 pear, specimens of which were exhibited at the North Ameri- 

 can Pomological Convention, at Syracuse, N. Y., last Sep- 

 tember, and briefly mentioned, in our notice of the report of 

 that convention, in our last number, (p. 112.) Subsequently, 

 we were favored with a box of the pears, from the original 

 tree, by C. R. Lincoln, Esq., Editor of the Flushing Jour- 

 nal, who informs us it was produced by Mr. Peter Nortrand, 

 of Flushing, and is supposed to be " a hybrid, between the 

 Seckel and Virgalieu," (White Doyenne.) It greatly resem- 

 bles the Buff"um, so much so, that when we saw it at Syra- 

 cuse, we thought it identical ; but upon a trial of the several 

 specimens sent us, we came to the conclusion, that though 

 very much like the Buffum, it was quite distinct. We made 

 a drawing and description, which we shall give in a future 

 number. In size it is rather below medium ; form, obovate, 

 regular, with a dull, yellow skin, beautifully shaded with red, 

 and with a high-flavored, sugary, and melting flesh ; stem 

 short. Ripe the early part of September. 



Canandaigua. — Under the name of Catherine pear, a very 

 handsome, and excellent variety was exhibited at the Con- 

 gress of Fruit Growers, in New York, which we noticed 

 at p. 36. Since then, it has been fully described and 

 figured, by Mr. Barry, in the Genesee Farmer, under the 

 name of Canandaigua, given to it by the committee on seed- 

 ling fruits. Mr. Barry states, that its origin is similar to that 

 of the Swan's Orange, and involved in the same obscurity. 

 All that is known of it is, that it came from Connecticut, as 



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