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tears well, and is desirable in a large collection. Not 

 many of the later pears (which are the most desirable), 

 have yet fruited here; but so far as tried, they are equal 

 or superior to the same fruits ripened at the North. 



1. Madeleine. — Fruit medium, obovate, tapering to the 

 stem; stem long, slender, set on the side of a small swel- 

 ling; skin smooth, yellowish green; calyx small, in a shal- 

 low basin; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, and perfumed. 

 Ripe between the first and middle of June. Tree some- 

 times blights ; but it is very desirable, unless Doyenne 

 d'Ete, which ripens at the same time; should supersede it, 

 as it probably will, being a more healthy tree. 



2. Skinless. — Fruit small, long, pyriform ; skin thin, smooth, 

 pale green, turning to light yellow, speckled with light 

 red in the sun ; stalk long, slender, curved in a very 

 slight cavity ; calyx enclosed in a small basin ; flesh 

 white, juicy, half melting, sweet, and perfumed. A very 

 productive and excellent little pear, and deserves a place 

 in every garden. Ripens June 18th. 



3. Bloodgood. — Fruit medium size, turbinate, thickening 

 into the stalk ; skin thin, yellow, dotted, and marked with 

 russet, and has a musk perfume ; calyx open ; stalk short, 

 dark brown, set obliquely; fleshy at the base ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, buttery, melting, very sugary and aromatic ; 

 core small. The best flavored early pear. Ripens 25th of 

 June, Muscat Rubert ripens at the same season with 

 this fruit, and is a very prolific bearer and a good pear, 

 although inferior to Bloodgood. 



4. Dearhorri's Seedling. — Fruit rather small, turbinate, reg- 

 ular ; skin smooth, light yellow, with a few minute dots ; 

 stalk slender, over an inch long, in a slight cavity ; calyx 

 spreading in a shallow basin ; flesh white, melting, sweet, 

 and sprightly. A very juicy and delicious littl* pear. 



