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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



MANNING {Manning'^: Elizahetl.). 



A pretty little pear, desirable in the amateur's garden, but too small for the commercial 

 orchard. 



Okigin : in Lnuvain, in 1819, bj- Van Mens, who sent 

 scions to America in 1832, to the vla.ssachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. Mr. Manning, having been asked by 

 Van Mons to give it a name, called it in 1840 Elizabeth 

 of Van Mons, but Downing in 1842 proposed that it be 

 called Manning's Elizabeth, to honor the zeal of this 

 horticulturist in importing new fruit trees. 



Tkee ; healthy, of medium vigor, shoots dull red ; 

 very productive. 



Manning. 



Fkdit : Size small ; form regular, obovate, swollen towards the base ; color bright yellow, 

 covered on the basal half with a deep brownish red, which often spreads over the sunny side ; 

 stem one inch in length, swollen at the top, often set in an oblique depression ; calyx open, set 

 n a shallow basin. 



Flesh : color creamy white; texture fine, buttery, moderately juicy; Havor aweet, rich 

 aromatic. 



Quality : very good for dessert or pickling. 



Value : second class for market purposes. 



Season : August. 



