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buist's family kitchen gardener. 



low-green. Flesh white, very rich, juicy, and high flavored ; 

 a great bearer. Ripe 20th July. 



Bloodgood— Fruit rounding, flat at the eye, medium size ; 

 color yellow, with a brown cheek. Flesh yellowish-white, rich 

 and sugary, with a fine, aromatic flavor. Ripe 1 st of August. 



Julienne. — Fruit rather under medium size ; oval form ; co- 

 lor bright yellow. Flesh buttery and juicy. Ripe early in 

 August. Fruit should be plucked a few days before ripe. 



Tyson. — Fruit medium size; pyramidal form; "color dull 

 greenish-yellow. Flesh white, sweet, melting, and very juicy, 

 with a most delightful flavor. Ripe from the 15th to the 25th 

 of August. A figure of this variety is given in Hovey's Maga- 

 zine for November, 1846, but much too small for the general 

 size of the fruit. The original tree, now over fifty years of 

 age, stands in Jenkintown, Pa., and measures six feet in cir- 

 cumference, at three feet from the ground, and is a noble spe- 

 cimen of strong, upright growth. The fruit has been sold in 

 Philadelphia Market for nearly twenty years, but till recently 

 very little notice has been taken of it. We would like to taste 

 a finer, early pear than this. 



Moyamensing. — Fruit full, medium size, of a roundish-oval 

 form ; lemon color, with occasional blotches and lines of russet 

 Flesh buttery, melting, and well flavored. In eating from the 

 middle of July till the end f August Originated in the gar- 

 den of J. R. Smith, Esq., of this place. 



Washington. — Another American Pear, of first-rate quality. 

 Fruit medium size ; oval form ; of a pale straw color, covered 

 with brown dots. Flesh firm, white, melting and juicy. Ripe 

 end of August and 1st of September. Downing' s figure of 

 this fruit and description is perfectly accurate, though there is 

 plenty of evidence to show that this tree must have been known 

 forty years ago. I have seen grafted trees about fifty feet 

 high, and a stem four feet in circumference. 



Bartlett. — Fruit very large, regular pyramidal form ; co- 

 lor pale lemon-yellow, with a faint blush next the sun. Flesh 



