1870. 



NEW ENGLAM) FARMER. 



509 



THE mT. VEHNON PEAK. 



The pear shown in the above cut is of Yan- 

 kee origin, and first grown in ward 15 of our 

 own city, then known as Roxbury, in the gar- 

 den of the late Hon. Samuel Walker. As it 

 proved to possess unusual merit, it was deter- 



mined to propagate it for sale, and an arrange- 

 ment was made with Wm. S. Little of the Ro- 

 chester Nurseries, to send it out. We have 

 the following description: — "Fruit — full me- 

 diiun to large, nearly globular ; color, a rich 



