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Leaf-buds small, short, pointed, plump, usually appressed. Leaves 3} in. long, 2% in. 
wide, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin glandless or with few reddish glands, finely 
serrate; petiole short, stocky, 14 in. long, glabrous. Flower-buds short, conical but obtuse 
at the apex, plump, free, arranged singly on short spurs; flowers 14 in. across, in dense 
clusters, average 8 buds in a cluster; pedicels 2 in. long, slender, thinly pubescent. 
Fruit matures in late October and November; medium in size, 2} in. long, 24 in. wide, 
obovate-obtuse-pyriform, symmetrical, uniform; stem 4 in. long, slender; cavity abrupt, 
shallow, very small, narrow, slightly lipped; calyx partly open, small; lobes short, narrow, 
acute; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, smooth, symmetrical; skin thin, tender, smooth; 
color golden-yellow at maturity, covered with thin russet; dots numerous, small, greenish- 
russet; flesh tinged with yellow, granular at the center, tender and melting, juicy, sweet, 
highly perfumed; quality of the best. Core large, closed, abaxile; calyx-tube short, wide, 
conical; seeds wide, short, plump, obtuse. 
DEARBORN 
1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1883. 2. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 155. 1914. 
Dearborn's Seedling. 3. Kenrick Am. Orch. 154. 1832. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 336, fig. 135. 
1845. 5. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr. 51. 1848. 6. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:63, Pl. 1851. 7. Elliott Fr. Book 
336. 1859. 8. Mas Le Verger 2:17, fig. 7. 1866-73. 9. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:7, fig. 1869. 
Once a favorite, Dearborn is now nearly lost to cultivation, and few 
or no nurserymen grow the trees. It is too good a variety to be lost, how- 
ever, because of splendid fruit- and tree-characters. The fruits ripen early 
and are of good quality, though hardly as richly flavored as those of Elizabeth 
which ripen at the same time. Unfortunately the pears run small, but they 
are attractive in shape and color. In season, the crop succeeds that of 
Bloodgood and precedes that of Bartlett. The trees are almost flawless, 
and therefore are well adapted to home orchards where fruits cannot receive 
the care of skilled hands. Besides being almost free from blight, the trees 
are hardy, vigorous, and very productive. The variety has many valuable 
qualities for a summer pear in home orchards. 
This pear was found growing in a border of shrubs in 1818 at Brinley 
Place, Roxbury, Massachusetts, the home of General H. A. S$. Dearborn,} 
1General Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, who followed the vocation of a soldier, statesman, 
and author, chose as his avocation horticulture and in several of its fields became eminent. A native of 
New England (1783-1851), son of General Henry Dearborn of Revolutionary fame, he was early educated 
to the profession of law and pursued that vocation until the war with Great Britain in 1812. Services in 
this war brought him the rank and title of general. After the war he served as Collector of the Port of 
Boston, in Congress, and as Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, which office he held at the time of his 
death. But it is as a patron, friend, and lover of horticulture that the life and work of General Dearborn 
interest pomologists. He was one of the charter members in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
and a prime mover in its organization. He was elected its first president March 17, 1829. In the history 
of the Society published in 1880, of all the famous members of this truly remarkable organization, General 
