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year as in that in which the sample was sent to the Society; it 

 was nevertheless a good pear, though inferior to others of the same 

 season of maturity. 



7. Moccas Pear. 



Fruit middle-sized, ohovate, with a short stalk. Eye somewhat 

 open and very slightly sunk. Skin brown. Flesh inclining to 

 yellow, melting, juicy, rich and high flavoured, resembling in this 

 respect the Monarch Pear, and almost equal to that very excellent 

 variety. Season, December. 



Note, — This is, I think, a very fine pear, but the sample sent 

 was not equal in quality to the former produce. It is somewhat 

 singular that all my pears ripened much later, and less perfectly in 

 the last, (1831), than in the three preceding cold and wet seasons : 

 probably owing to the paralyzing effects of the very severe frost 

 of the 7th of May, which destroyed almost all the blossoms of the 

 pears and apples in the surrounding orchards. Tree of excessively 

 rapid growth ; and very productive of blossom, which I have reason 

 to believe capable of bearing, without injury, very unfavourable 

 weather. 



8. Broom Park Pear. 



Fruit nearly middle-sized, roundish. Eye in a moderate sized 

 hollow. Stalk about an inch in length, moderately thick. Skin 

 entirely covered with cinnamon-coloured russet. Flesh yellowish, 

 melting, juicy, with something of a melon flavour, sugary and rich. 

 Its very peculiar flavour may be said to partake of the melon and 

 pine-apple. Season, January. A sort highly deserving of cultivation. 



Note? — The singular mixture of flavour in this pear was noticed 

 here as well as in London. The tree is fine, and has borne well 

 in two seasons in which alone its fruit has existed. 



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