fuiK no trace of such variety 
1'*'^*’*^ Europe, whence 
su])posecl to have been derived. 
Co.xe, whose work on the cultivation of Fniit 
Trees, was j)uhlishcd at Philadelpliia, in 1 81 7 
says, m reference to its name, that it was “so called from Mr! 
beckle, of I Inladelphia, the proprietor of the original tree now 
growing on his estate near that city. It is in the general 
estnnation of amateurs of fine fruit, both natives and foremners 
the ftnest Pear of tins or any other country. The flesh is 
melting, juicy, and most e.xquisitely and delicately flavoured- 
the tree singularly vigorous and beautiful, of great regularity 
of growth, and ridmess of foliage, veiy hardy, and possessing 
all the characteristics of a new variety.” ^ 
This author further states that Mr. Seckle had many fine 
xaneties of Pears, and that the one under consideration was 
