430 : THE PEAR. 
Fruit of medium size, oblong obovate, a little sn. aller on une 
side. Skin fair, deep yellow, (brownish green at first,) finely 
suffused over half the fruit, with bright red, sprinkled with small 
brown dots, or a little russet. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a 
very slight cavity. Calyx. with small segments, and basin. of 
moderate size. Flesh white, buttery, not so juicy as the. Doy- 
enné, but sweet, and of excellent flavour. * The strong upright 
reddish-brown shoots, and peculiar, brownish-green appearance 
of the pear, before ripening, distinguish this fruit. September. 
Cuurcn. 
Church. 
‘Lhis and also the Parsonage, both of which are undoubtedly 
fruits of the highest excellence, were brought to our notice by 
8. P. Carpenter, of New Rochelle, who has made diligent in- 
quiry as to their origin, of very aged people of the vicinity, who 
are conversant with their history, and uniformly state that: the 
trees originated on land belonging to Trinity Church of that 
village, where the trees now stand. The former is-a tree of , 
two feet in, diameter, forty feet high; the, latter, which standgill 
