THE PEAR. 451 
Ananas d’ Ete. 
Jow. Flesh fine grained, buttery and melting, with a sweet, 
perfumed, and high flavour. September and October. Vari- 
able, sometimes poor. . 
Awnprews. Man. Ken. 
Amory. Gibson, 
The Andrews is a favourite native seedling, found in the neigh- 
bourhood of Dorchester, and first introduced to notice by a 
gentleman of Boston, whose name it bears. It has, for the last 
15 years, been one of the most popular fruits. It is of most 
excellent flavour, but variable and subject to rot at the core. 
Fruit rather large pytiform, one-sided. Skin smooth, and 
prather thick, pale yel lowish-green, with a dull red cheek. and a 
