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SECKXE PEAR. 
where the tree grew. As this work originated at the very 
birth-place of the tree, we accept its authority for the spelling 
of the name — Seckle, in preference to Seckel. 
Soon after the above treatise was published, Dr. Hosack 
sent trees of the Seckle Pear from America to the London 
Horticultural Society. In his letter he quotes Coxe’s descrip- 
tion, and observes “ I may add that the fruit is admitted by 
all, to be one of the most exquisite and highly-flavoured we 
2)ossess.” A corres2)ondent of Hovey’s American Gardeners’ 
Magazine, of 1835, states that he had seen the tree in excel- 
lent health, and that it was then about fifty or sixty years old. 
We may congratulate our friends of Philadeljdiia on theirs 
being the birth-jdace of the finest flavoured Pear in cultivation, 
unless we take an exce])tion in favour of one of its offspring, 
which, ere long, we shall make known. 
At an exhibition of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 
large and beautiful Seckle Pears were exhibited, the produce 
of a tree that had been grafted on an Ai)2de stock. We hope 
that some of our ingenious friends will try the experiment of 
grafting Pears on stocks of the Ajijile and Crab. 
Our drawing was made in October, when this Pear was in 
high 2>erfection. Its warm brown tint, deei)ening into bright 
red on its sunned side, gives it an a})pearance superior to the 
generality of late Pears. Its exterior, however, is of secondary 
im2>ortance; since, as is justly observed in the Pomological 
Magazine, “It is found to exceed in excellence of flavour the 
very richest of our autumn Pears, ])ossessing a high vinous 
aroma, which can scarcely be com])ared with any thing in 
fruits, unless with a concentration of the taste jieculiar to the 
Swan’s Egg.” 
The tree is hardy, and, even in strong soils, bears well as a 
standard, jjroducing its fruit in clusters, at the ends of the 
branches. For the specimen from which our di-awing was 
made we ai’e indebted to the kindness of the Hon. R. H. Clive, 
in whose admirably conducted gardens at Hewell, under the 
direction of Mr. Markham, the trees are trained to a w:dl of 
eastern aspect, where they }:)roduce abundant crojjs of fine fr-uit. 
From this as2>ect, in a locality rather unfavourable, it jiroves 
melting and sugaiy, jiossessing all the superior qualities for 
which it is famed ; where, on the same wall, it may be men- 
tioned, the Glout Morceau, Beurre d’Ai'emberg, Duchesse 
d’Angouleme, and even the Passe Colmar, ripen so imperfectly 
as to be valueless. 
