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flesh hard and coarse, but excellent when bated or stewed in 

 winter. Grafted on a Pear-stock, the tree bears so abundantly 

 as to bend like a weeping willow. A specimen of this variety 

 was exhibited at the sixteenth annual fair of the American 

 Institute, October, 1843, weighing 33 oz. 



Prince's St. Germain. Fruit about medium size; form 

 obovate ; skin russety yellow, with duU red cheek ; flesh melt- 

 ing and good. Mr. Manning says that its abundant bearing, 

 and its ripening gradually in the house during winter, render 

 It a very valuable market frait ; good till after Christmas. 



Sttrpasse Marie Louise, Pitfs Prolific Marie, Pitts Marie 

 Louise. A large Pear; oblong or calabash-formed; green, 

 covered with brown-yellow russet; flesh melting and rich- 

 flavored ; ripe in October and November. It is a very prolific 

 bearer. 



Sukpasse St. Germain. Fruit of medium size ; round at 

 the crown, tapering to the stem ; it is of very irregular form ; 

 the skin is rougL ; color yellow, mixed with dull brown ; flesh 

 coarse-grained, sugary, and high flavored ; good from Novem- 

 ber till January. 



SuRPAssE Vergalietj. Fruit large, oblong, some specimens 

 nearly round ; the skin smooth, its color yellow, with a light 

 red cheek; flesh rich, juicy, and delicious eating; in October 

 and November. Mr. Manning says the tree bears young, yields 

 large crops, and is worthy of extensive cultivation. 



Unedales St. Germain, Belle de Jersey. A large fine 

 pyriform Bell Pear, of a brownish-green color, with russety 

 spots ; flesh firm and high-flavored. It is considered a first- 

 rate baking Pear, and will keep tiU March. Mr. Keid, of the 

 Murray Hill Nursery, exhibited some fine specimens of this 

 fruit at the sixteenth annual fair of the American Institute, 

 October, 1843. 



Vicar of Winkfield, Bourgmestre of Boston, Monsieur h 

 Cure, Dumas, Clion of Boston, according to the catalogue of 

 Winter <& Co., Flushing. Fruit oblong, or pyramidal ; skin 

 russety yellow, with ruddy color on one side ; flesh firm, 



