THE PEAR. 



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Ananas cPEie. 



low. Flesh fine grained, buttery and melting, with a sweet, 

 perfiimed, and high flavour. September and October. Vari- 

 able, sometimes poor. 



\ Andrews. Man. Ken. 

 Amory. Gibson. 



The Andrews is a favourite native seedling, found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Dorchester, and first introduced to notice by a 

 gentleman of Boston, whose name it bears. It has, for the last 

 15 years, been one of the most popular fruits. It is of most 

 excellent flavour, but variable and subject to rot at the core. 



Fruit rather large, pyriform, one-sided. Skin smooth, and 

 rather thick, pale yellowish-green, with a dull red cheek, and a 



