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very short, plump, light cinnamon ; flesh tender ; flavor fine ; quality "very 

 good." 



From William Knabb, Oley Township, Berks County, through Charles 

 pjessler. — Fine specimens of the Yost and Yacht or Jagd apples, described 

 J ; n our ad interim Report for December, 1852 ; both "very good" in quality, 

 &nd worthy of being widely disseminated. 



From C. B. Lines, of New Haven.— White s Seedling, a~native pear of 

 (Connecticut. Size medium, round-obovate ; greenish yellow, sometimes 

 russetted; stem rather long and slender, inserted somewhat obliquely into 

 ^a small fleshy excrescence ; calyx open, segments short, set in a rather shal- 

 low basin ; flesh of fine texture, buttery, juicy ; pleasaut flavor ; quality 

 .'•very good." 



From Hon. B. V. French, of Braintree. — The Beurre Clairgeau. Size 

 yery large ; four inches long and three broad ; pyriform, larger on one side ; 

 nearly covered with russet patches and dots, even on its brown cheek ; 

 stem an inch long, rather stout, fleshy at both terminations, inserted obliquely 

 with little or no depression ; calyx open, segments short, basin narrow, very 

 superficial, slightly furrowed. Not sufficiently mature for testing. 



From Mr. Eckert, of Reading. — A large pear, three and three-eighth 

 inches long by three and three-eighths broad ; roundish turbinate, bright 

 yellow, with numerous small russet dots and a marbled carmine cheek ; 

 stem seven-eighths of an inch long and one-sixth thick, inserted in a slight 

 .depression ; calyx medium, segments reflexed, set in a moderately deep 

 basin ; seed large, dark brown, pyriform, plump, terminating suddenly in a 

 Jong neck ; flesh somewhat coarse, buttery, melting ; flavor fine, with a 

 delightful aroma ; quality "best ;" eaten October 16th. Tree young, vig- 

 orous, very productive ; leaf large, broad, dark green ; branches tortuous ; 

 shoots stout, dark brown. This we take to be Beurre Diel; and, if we are 

 jcorrect in our conjecture, it is, though not the largest, by far the fairest, 

 most beautiful and delicious specimen of that variety we have ever seen ; 

 indeed we have rarely met with the Beurre Deil more than simply "good" 

 in quality. 



From Joshua Fierce, of Washington, D. C. — Three varieties of pears, 

 and one of persimmons. 



St. Michel Archange, true to name, of fine size, c and, at least, "very 

 good" in quality. 



Verte Longue Panache or Culotte Suisse, prized only for its curious 

 longitudinal green and yellow stripes. 



A Kitchen Fear, without a name ; very large, three and three-quarter 

 inches long by three and one quarter broad ; said to be fine for culinary 

 purposes, and remarkable for its productiveness. 



Persimmons, (Diospyros virginiana.) of extraordinary size, measuring 

 an inch and a half long, one and three-quarters broad, and five and a quart- 

 er inches in circumference, and weighing an ounce and a half; form round- 

 ish-oblate. Being pulled prematurely, they were not in eating condition, 

 and had probably not acquired their appropriate color. We should be hap- 

 py again to receive specimens of this variety, to test its quality, when it 

 has been subjected to the ameliorating influences of frost. Six or seven 

 years years ago, the Bon Jardinier informed us that two Horticulturists in 

 France had been experimenting with the American Persimmon, with a view 



