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Abbott. Color, dark green, with reddish brown cheek ; 

 form, oblong obovate ; size, 2; uise, table; texture, sugary 

 and buttery; quality, 2; scaso'n, August and September. 



Eemarks, — From Ehodc Island. 



ADBLB DE ST. DENIS. Color, yellow, with some 

 russet ; form, obovate, irregular ; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table ; 

 texture, melting, juicy ; quality, 1 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Very little known hero yet. Foreign. 



Alpha. C!olor, pale j-ellowisli green, with some reddish 

 spots, then paio brown blush ; form, obovate, and a little 

 oblong; size, 2; use, table; texture, buttery ; qualitj-, 2 

 to 3; season, SeiJtember and October. 



Eemarics. — A seedling, from Belgium, of Van Mons. 

 It is a moderately pleasant and passable fruit. 



Amire Jonnnet. Color, green and yellow; form, J)yri- 

 form; size, 3 ; use, table ; texture, buttery; quality, 2 to 

 3; season, June and July. 



Eemarks. — Synonj-mous with Early Sugar and St. 

 John. Exhibited before the Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society, by Mr. McWilliams. (See Appendix, 73.) 



Althorpe Crassane. Color, pale green ; form, round- 

 ish obovate; size, 2; use, table; texture, buttery; qual- 

 ity ,~2; season, October and JSTovember. 



Eemarks. — The quality of this pear is not always 



