PEARS. 



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RUSHMORE'S BONCHRETIEN. Pr. cat. 



Harrison^ s large fall pear. Coxe. 



Large Swanks egg. 



Richmond. 



Autumn Bonchretien of some gardens. 

 Mogul summer ? Lottos pear. 



This is a native pear of very large size, and one of the 

 greatest bearers. It is flat at the head, and very regularly 

 rounded for nearly two-thirds of its length, but diminished to- 

 wards the stem, which is long and large ; the growth of the 

 tree is particularly strong and rapid, and it soon arrives at ma- 

 ture bearing ; the fruit when ripe is a pale yellow colour, with 

 a red cheek ; it is breaking when ripened on the tree, but be- 

 comes buttery when matured in the house, and is considered 

 but a tolerable table fruit, the flesh being coarse ; but this 

 taken in connexion with its being a most excellent pear for bak- 

 ing and cooking, and ripe at a season when few other pears 

 are so, and producing very abundantly, it may be considered 

 as one of the most useful pears in a general view ; it ripens in 

 succession, from the end of August to the end of September, 

 and may be preserved without rotting a considerable time, and 

 when full ripe, can be used for baking without sugar. 



It is very much cultivated on Long Island, and particularly 

 by those who supply the markets with fruit, it being well suited 

 for that purpose. 



LONG ROSE WATER. Auth. 



I adopt the above title for a pear received about eight years 

 ago, from Paris, under the name of Caillot rosat, and I think 

 it may possibly prove to be the German variety so called, and 

 mentioned in the Pomological Magazine as a long fruit. The 

 tree is remarkably vigorous in its growth, and its form is verv 

 regular and handsome. It last year produced fruit of a deli- 

 cious quality ; the pear was nearly as long as the Epargne, 

 ttot so brge at the base, and diminishing towards the stem ; its 

 colour was green when gathered in October, but it acquired a 



