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PEAKS. 



yellow hue when at maturity, which was in November or De- 

 cember. The flesh was very rich, juicy, and high flavoured ; 

 and although I had but one fruit, and did not therefore test its 

 value as a keeping pear, I was highly gratified with it, and I 

 deem it one of the very best of its season. I have as yet seen 

 no description whereby to fully identify it ; but the appearance 

 of the tree is so characteristic, that it cannot readily be mis- 

 taken for any other, and it must without doubt be known to 

 some of the numerous writers on the subject* 



SUMMER MELTING. Pr. cat. 



Fondante d'ett. 



This is a tree of the most vigorous growth and flourishing- 

 appearance, shooting erect into a stately form ; the fruit is of fair 

 size, ripens early in August, and it has by some been considered 

 the best pear of its season. After it comes into bearing, it in- 

 creases annually in fertility and the quantity of its produce, 

 but it attains considerable size before it produces freely. 



I received the original tree of this variety in 1802, from a 

 person then resident in Baltimore, who was very curious in 

 fruits, and who had a number of French varieties of pears. It 

 was on a quince stock and soon bore fruit, which was larger, 

 handsomer, and more melting than any I have since had on 

 pear stocks. 



HED CHEEK. Pr. cat. 



English red cheek. Pr. Hort. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



This pear is cultivated at Rhode Island under the name 

 given above as a synonyme, whence it was brought to Long 

 Island. It is a bell-shaped fruit, of a beautiful yellow colour, 

 with a red cheek ; it is not quite as large as the St. Michael 

 or Virgalieu, — is considered a very good fruit when not over 

 ripe, and the tree bears well ; it ripens at the latter part of 

 Augfust, 



