THE PEAR. 



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Elliott's Melting. 



Raised by Betsey Elliott, Carlisle, Pa., some sixty years since. Tree 

 vigorous, spreading. 



Fruit below medium, nearly globular, oblique, greenish, netted with 

 russet, especially at the ends. Stalk short. Cavity narrow, small. 

 Basin small, regular. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic, 

 pleasant. Good to very good. September. 



Ellis. 



Raised from seed of the Seckel, by Mrs. Ellis, of New Bedford, Mass., 

 in 1843. The tree is a vigorous grower, hardy, and prolific. Young 

 shoots dull yellow brown, with long gray specks. 



Ellis. 



Fruit large, oblong obovate obtuse pyriform. Surface somewhat un- 

 even, greenish yellow, patched and mottled with russet, and sometimes 

 a shade of crimson in the sun, many russet dots. Stalk rather large, 



