FRUIT DEPARTMEXT. 
Clapp's Favorite.— A large, fine pear, resembling the Bartlett, but without its 
musky flavor; pale lemon yellow, with brown dots; fine texture, melting, buttery, juicy, 
with a rich, sweet, delicate, vinous flavor. Tree hardy and very productive. A fruit 
of great excellence. August and September— about a week before the Bartlett. 
Doyenne d'Ete.— Fruit small, roundish; skin yellow, shaded with red; flesh melt- 
ing and juicy, with a sweel, pleasant flavor. July and first of August. 
Dearborn's Seedling.— Rather small; pale yellow; melting and delicious. Tree 
a good grower and very productive One of the very best early pears. August. 
Elizabeth. — (Manning's).— Small to medium; bears in clusters; crimson and gold 
color; very beautiful, melting, rich, sugary, sprightly perfumed flavor, excellent. Tree 
a good grower and very productive. One of the very best early pears. August. 
Lie Conte.— The tree partakes of the characteristics of the Sand Pear, of which it 
is a seedling, comes into bearing very young and is very productive. Fruit large, pyri- 
form; skin smooth, pale yellow; quality fair. It ripens about with the Bartlett. 
Osbaiid's Summer.— Fruit rather small, obovate; skin fine, clear yellow, with a 
warm red cheek; flesh fine grained, melting, sweet and perfumed. August. 
Souvenir du Congress.— Fruit larger than Bartlett; skin smooth, bright yellow 
when the fruit is fully matured, with the parts exposed to tlie sun brilliant red. In 
season with .Clapp's Favorite. 
Tyson, — Above medium ^ize, deep yellow at full maturity, slight russet, with a 
crimson cheek; melting, juicy and fine flavored. In season during August. 
AUTUMX VARIETIES. 
Buflfum.— Medium size, oblong, buttery, sweet and fine flavored; a vigorous, up- 
right grower and very productive. 
Beurre Bosc. — Large, yellow russeted, half melting, high flavored and excellent. 
Tree a poor, crooked grower in the nursery, and but little cultivated. 
Brock wortll Park. — Fruit very large; skin smooth, pale greenish yellow, slightly 
dotted, and with a delicate tinting of red on the cheek; flesh tender, fine grained, melt- 
ing and juicy, with a rich vinous flavor. September. 
Belle Lucrative. — Yellowish green, slightly russeted, melting and delicious. Sep- 
tember and October. 
Ducliesse d'Angouleme. — A magnificent pear when well grown upon quince 
stock. Fruit of the largest size, with an irregular, uneven surface; skin greenish yellow, 
spotted with russet; flesh white, very juicy, with a rich and excellent flavor. Tree 
vigorous, upright, with yellowisli shoots. October. 
Doyenne Boussock. — Fruit large, obovate; skin rough, yellow, clouded with 
russet; flesh very juicj', sweet and aromatic; tree vigorous and an abundant bearer; a 
good market pear. September and October. 
Frederick Clapp. — Large size; skin smooth and fair, clear lemon yellow; fiesh 
fine grained, very juicy and melting; flavor sprightly, rich, aromatic and of the best 
quality; tree a compact, beautiful grower and good bearer. A new variety introduced 
from Dorchester, Mass., and highly recommended by the comnvittee of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society. October. 
