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ROUSSELET STUTTGART.— Medina size, or rather small, greenish yellow nnd hrowfl. 

 half melting, juicy ami line flavored. Tree a good grower and Very productive, Aug. 

 and Sept. 



ROST1KZF.R. — Medium size, yellowish green, with a brown check; flesh juicy, sweet 

 and high flavored. The tree, is vigorous, with dark colored shoots ; of German origin. 

 Sept. 



•TYSON. — Rather above medium size, melting, juicy, sweet and fine flavored. Tree very 

 vigorous and rapid grower ; one of the finest summer varieties; origin, .K nkiutown, 

 Pa. Sept. » 



•WASHINOTOX. — A medium sized, beautiful, and very good pear, native of Delaware. 

 Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. Middle of Sept 



CLASS II.-SELECT AUTUMN PEARS. 



*AXDK KWS. — A fine, popular Massachusetts variety, medium size, fair, melting and 



sweet. Tree very productive and hardy. Middle of Sept. 

 ARCH DUG CHARLES. — Large, pale yellow, melting, very sweet, fine. Tree vigorous, 



productive and handsome. Sept. and Oct. 

 BAROXXE DE MELLO. — A new and fine pear, medium size, russety, melting and high 



flavored ; vigorous and productive. Oct. 

 MSl'FFAM.— Resembles the White Doyenne; buttery, sweet and fine flavored. Tree 



remarkably vigorous, upright grower, with light reddish brown shoots. Last of Sept. 

 BEURRE BOSC. — A large nnd beautiful russety pear, very distinct, with a long neck, 



melting or nearly so, high flavored nnd delicious. A good grower, though rather 



irregular, and bears well. Sept. and Oct. 

 BEURRE D'AMANLIS. — A large, melting penr, resembling the Brown Buerre, and with 



the same high vinous flavor. A fine grower, has robust shoots and large, glossy, 



dark green foliage. Sept. and Oct. 

 BEURRE D'AMANLIS PANACHE — Jn qualify similar to the preceding, but the wood 



and fruit curiously striped with red and yellow, like the striped Madelaine and Doyenne, 

 BEURRE AMAXDE. — Large greenish russet, melting, rich, fine; hardy and productive; 



has an almond flavor. Oct. It is known as B. .hides, Long de Xakourts, and other 



Dames. 



BEURRE D'AN,IOL\(Ne Plus Mauris of the French). — A large, fine pear, buttery nnd 

 un iting, with sprightly vinous flavor. Tree a fine grower, and good bearer. ' Oct. 

 and Nov. 



BEURRE DIEL. — One of the largest pears; buttery, rich and fine, sometimes gritty 

 at the core on pear stock; generally first rate on' the quince. Growth very strong 

 and rapid, with large roundish leaves. Oct. and Nov., and if picked early and ripen- 

 ed gradually in the house, may bo kept to December. 



BUERRE LANGELTER, — Large, greenish, yellow nnd red; melting and fine. Tree a 

 superb grower, not an early bearer. Dec. 



BUERRE OLA1RGEAU.— Very largo pyriform, yellow nnd red, texture of Buerre Bosc, 

 nearly melting, high flavored. Tree a good grower and an early, abundant bearer ; 

 a magnificent fruit, one of the finest, late acquisitions. Oct. to Nov. 



BEURRE HARDY. — Anew pear of good size, melting and fine. Tree a verj' strong 

 grower and good bearer. Oct. 



BEURRE SOLDEH OK BILBOA. — A large and beautiful pear of the first quality, but- 

 teey and melting, with a rich, sprightly flavor. A fair, upright, handsome grower. 

 Sept. nnd Oct. 



BEURRE GOUBAU L-T, — Medium size, roundish, full of juice, melting and sweet. Tree 



vigorous, productive, and bears very young. Sept. 

 BEURRE S1TF.RFIX.— A new, large, fine, melting pear, of sprightly sub-acid flavor, 



like the old Brown Beurre, which is superceded. Oct. 

 BEURRE DE WATERLOO, (Fondantc des Charncuse, Due de Brabant, Desire Van 



Mons, ttc.) — A new, large, handsome pear of first quaLity, of a honied sweetness and 



delicate perfume. A good grower and bearer. Oct. ' ( 



