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HOOSIC. 



This promises to be an excellent commercial variety, with one fault, viz., its short 

 season. 



ORIGIN: seedling from Hacon's Incomparable, by Asahel Foote, of Williamstown, 

 Mass. 



TREE: on quince stock, healthy, vigorous and productive. 



FRUIT: size, large to very large; form, obtuse pyriform, somewhat one-sided; skin, 

 yellow, with light red in sun, and with russet dots; stem, 1% inches long, stout, curved, 

 set in a small irregular cavity; calyx, small, open, set in a broad, uneven basin. 



FLESH: white; texture, tender, fine and moderately juicy; flavor, rich, perfumed. 



QUALITY: good for all purposes. 



VAXUE: first class for near market. 



Grown at Maplehurst, as a dwarf, this pear has given the greatest satisfaction; 

 and, only that its season is rather short, it would be commended as an export variety. 



SEASON: late September. 



JOSEPHINE. (Josephine de Malines.) 



JgCexceilent winter pear. 

 ORIGIN: Belgium. 



succeeds well on the quince stock; productive. 



JOSEPHINE. 



FRUJT: size, medium, oblate, -conical; color, yellowish, with small dots; stem, often 

 two inches long in a slight cavity; basin, large. 



FLESH: color, yellowish white; texture, buttery; flavor, rich and peculiar. 

 QUALITY: dessert, very good. 

 VALUE: market, second class. 

 SEASON: mid winter. 



