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Size, medium, about two and three-quarters inches broad, 

 and two and a half deep : Form, roundish conical, narrowing 

 to the crown, which is small : Extei^nal color, light yellow, 

 shaded with blush on the sunny side, very smooth and fair : 

 Texture, fine grained, crisp, and tender : Color of flesh, white : 

 Flavor, subacid, sprightly, and rich : Core, medium size, 

 rather open : Seeds, medium size : Stem, long, about one 

 inch, slender, and moderately inserted in a small, contracted 

 cavity : Eye, small, closed, and moderately depressed in a 

 small, regularly furrowed basin. Ripe in September and 

 October. 



The Wallworth we consider a fine apple, and it is unlike 

 any variety we are acquainted with. If, another year, when 

 we can have specimens of the Bailey Spice and the Wallworth 

 to compare, the latter should prove distinct, we shall give 

 our outline of the fruit. 



Platt's Seedling' Pear. We are indebted to Mr. Battey 

 for specimens of a new pear, which is called the Piatt's Seed- 

 ling. The pears grew upon a tree (which is a sucker from 

 the original) in the orchard of Mr. Piatt, of Plattsburgh, The 

 parent tree is still standing in Beekmanstown, where it origi- 

 nated, on the farm of one of the early settlers, who raised it 

 from seed brought from Long Island. The fruit is of large 

 size, yellow when ripe, always fair, and never rots at the core : 

 the tree is a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer. Mr. 

 Battey remarks " that if it only was a little higher flavored, it 

 might rank nearly first-rate." The specimens, Avhen we re- 

 ceived them, were a little over ripe, and were allowed to hang 

 too long upon the tree before being gathered ; but we thought 

 it a very good pear, and worthy of cultivation. Its season 

 of maturity is October and November. 



NouvEAU PoiTEAu Pear. This new variety has fruited 

 this year in two or three collections around Boston, and speci- 

 mens were exhibited at the Annual Exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, in September. Our corre- 

 spondent, the Hon. Mr. Cabot, of Salem, has since then 

 exhibited some ripe specimens, which were tried by the fruit 

 committee, who report that it proves to be a very fine pear. 



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