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8CMMER PEARS. 



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Bloodgood. — Below medium size, bright orange 

 yellow, partially covered with russet ; very high 

 flavored, buttery, and uielting ; hardy and suc- 

 ceeds on the quince. August. 



Dearborne's Seedling. — Small to nearly medium 

 size ; smooth, clear yellow, very juicy, sweet, and 

 melting ; a very early and enormous bearer, re- 

 quiring severe thinning of the young fruit to have 

 it large and tine ; succeeds admirably on the 

 quince, but apt tc stunt from overbeariug. 

 August. 



Ducitesse de Derri d'Ete. — Small, yellow, with 

 red on exposed side ; very beautiful, high-flavor- 

 ed and excellent. Last of August. 



Elliot's Early. — Medium size, a new fruit raised 

 by the late Judge Elliot of Sandwich, evidently 

 a seedling of the Madelaine ; fruit pale yellowish, 

 inclining to green, larger than the Madelaine, 

 and about a week earlier ; growth of tree nearly 

 allied to its parent, but perfectly distinct; suc- 

 ceeds on the quince, and if on further trial it re- 

 tains its high quality will prove the best very 

 early ])ear known. July. 



■Julienne. — Medium, clear bright yellow, skin 

 ^ ery smooth, a beautiful pear ; sweet, buttery 

 and juicy, but not very high flavored; succeeds 

 well on the quince. August. 



Osband'.^ Summer. — Small, clear yellow, with 

 a reddish chsek, sweet and melting, with a 

 sugary, perfun'eil flavor ; pretty hardy, and forms 

 a beautiful dwur-cree on the quince. August. 



Ott. — Below medium, yellow, delicious, high- 

 flavored ; a seedling from Seckel ; does well 

 on the quince. August and September. 



Tyson. — Rather below medium, deep yellow, 

 russeted with a crimson cheek ; fine, juicy, melt- 

 ing, and sugary ; tree hardy, and does exceed- 

 ingly well on the qu'nce. August and early 

 September, 



AUTUMN PBAR8. 



Abbott. — Medium ; yellowish, considerably 

 shaded with crimson ; buttery, juicy, and melt- 

 ing, not very high-flavored, — its greatest quali- 

 ties being its thrifty growth both on pear and 

 quince stock, and being one of the most hardy of 

 pears. September and October. 



lieurri Bosc. — Large, smooth, dark yellow, 

 with russet dots and streaks tinged with red ; 

 flesh white, melting, and buttery, with a rich 

 delicious flavor ; by many this is considered one 



of the best pears ; but it will not grow on the 

 quince. September to October. 



Beurri Oobault. — Medium ; exceedinglyjuicy 

 and melting ; very jjleasant and refreshing, but 

 not very high-flavored ; on strong, warm, rich 

 soils this is one of the best early fall pears ; 

 grows exceedingly well on the quince ; is one of 

 the earliest and greatest bearers ; fruit requiring 

 severe thinning out to be flne ; on sandy or])Oor 

 soils it is insipid; like all early and great bear- 

 ers, requires high culture. September. 



Beurri Konig. — Large, greenish, very sweet 

 and melting; a flne new pear, succeeds well on 

 the quince. October. 



Bezy de Montigny. — Medium ; yellowish green, 

 very smooth and well formed; melting, juicy, 

 and buttery, with a sweet musk flavor ; grows 

 very well on the quince ; is a very early bearer 

 and productive. October. 



Bufum. — Below medium ; deep yellow, with 

 russet dots ; more than half of the fruit covered 

 with bright red ; buttery, sweet, and excellent ; 

 very strong and upright grower, bears very pro- 

 fusely and succeeds well on qumce. September. 

 Doyenne Boussoch. — Rather large ; skin 

 rough, deep yellow, with some russet and a red- 

 dish cheek ; buttery, juicy, aromatic, and ex- 

 cellent. October. 



Doyenne de Cornice. — Large ; a new pear of 

 great excellence ; tree very thrifty, and grows 

 finely on the quince ; rather slow of coming 

 into bearing. October. 



Doyenni White. — Large, medium ; smooth, 

 clearyellow, with often a red cheek ; very melt- 

 ing, buttery, rich, and delicious. Where it suc- 

 ceeds there is no better pear of the season ; but, 

 unfortunately, it cracks and spots almost every- 

 where now. Grows well on the quince. October 

 and November. This sort is remarkably hardy, 

 and thrives perhaps best of any in Lower Canada. 



Doyenni Gray. — Strongly resembles the white 

 but is covered with a lively cinnamon russet, 

 and is rather higher flavored ; it is the only 

 pear in these lists that I have never been able 

 to procure true, and have, therefore, never fruit- 

 ed it. October and November. 



GratioU of Jersey. — Medium ; skin rough, 

 greenish ; partially russeted, and sometimes 

 with a reddish brown cheek ; very rich, vinous, 

 high flavor ; succeeds on quince. October. 



Kirtland. — Below medium; entirely covered 

 with a bright yellowish russet ; juicy, sweet, 

 aromatic ; a seedling from the Seckel, but not 

 so rich ; succeeds on quince. September. 



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