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THE PEAK. 



Fruit small to medium. Form roundish, pale yellow, brownish in 

 sun, with irregular-shaped brown dots and specks. Flesh white, tinged 

 with red, juicy, melting. Good. September. 



Sanguinole de Belgique. 



Fruit medium, ovate pyriform. Skin greenish, mottled and dotted 

 with red in the sun, netted and patched with russet, and sprinkled with 

 red and brown dots. Stalk long, curved. Flesh stained with red, 

 which renders it a curiosity, that being its only value. September. 



Sarah. 



Raised by Thaddeus Clapp, Dorchester, Mass. Tree of an erect habit, 

 hardy, healthy, and productive. Young wood rich olive yellow brown. 



Fruit medium size, roundish obovate pyriform. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled 

 with brown dots. Stalk medium, a little inclined, set with a slight 

 depression by a ring or lip. Calyx partially closed. Segments short, 

 erect. Basin shallow, uneven. Flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, 

 rich, aromatic. Yery good. October. 



Schuman. 



A native of Buck's Co., Pa. 



Fruit medium, roundish obovate. Pale yellow, shade of red in sun. 

 Flesh coarse, pasty. Poor. September. 



Seal. 



From Pennsylvania. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish. Skin pale yellow, lightly shaded 

 with crimson in the sun, and thickly sprinkled with green and russet 

 dots. Stalk medium length, largest at ends, inserted by a ring or lip. 

 Calyx open. Segments persistent. Flesh white, coarse, moderately juicy, 

 melting, slightly astringent. Good. Last of August. 



Sebastopol. 



Sebastopol d'£te. 



A Belgian Pear, described by Alexander Bivort as : — 

 Fruit of medium size, ovate obovate, greenish yellow, dotted with 

 grayish brown. Flesh white, half fine, melting, a little granulous, 

 sweet, vinous, perfumed. Agreeable. August. (Jar. Yan Mons.) 



Seckel. 



Seckle. Syckle. New York Red Cheek. 



Sickel. Red-Cheeked Seckel. Shakespeare. 



We do not hesitate to pronounce this American Pear the richest 



