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PEARS. 



This is deemed to be a fruit of only secondary quality. It 

 soon turns soft, and in a few days after maturity becomes 

 mealy. Many persons cultivate it for market, but of how 

 much greater advantage would it be to themselves and the 

 public, if they would reject inferior fruits and cultivate only 

 the choicest for that purpose, which would command a very 

 enhanced price, and thereby amply repay them. 



Forsyth describes this under two heads, the Windsor, and 

 Cuisse Madame. The French writers state that the stem of 

 the fruit is not strongly attached to the tree, and that in conse- 

 quence the least wind blows it off, and Coxe adopts these and 

 - other remarks, which shows he had reference to the same fruit, 

 and indeed he appears to have generally been guided by Ro- 

 zier in his descriptions of pears. 



VANDERVEER. Pr. cat. 



This is a native, originated from seed by Dr. Adrian Van- 

 derveer, of this island, to whose politeness I am indebted for 

 it, and in commemoration of which I have attached to it the 

 above title. The size is about that of a medium White Do- 

 yenne, from the seed of which it originated; the skin is 

 yellow with a tinge of russet ; the flesh melting and buttery, 

 and the fruit is at maturity in September ; the tree grows rapid- 

 ly, is a great bearer, and sheds its foliage at an early period. 



