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THE PEAR. 
and a little russet about tbe stem, which is rather long and in 
serted in a depression. Calyx set in a broad shallow basin. 
Flesh white, tolerably juicy, with a pleasant, sweet, somewhat 
aromatic flavour. September. 
Brandywine. Hort. 
Found on the farm of Eli Harvey on the banks of the Bran- 
dywine, Delaware Co., Pa. Tree vigorous, upright, uniformly 
productive. Fruit above medium, varying in form, from oblate 
depressed-pyriform, to elongated-pyriform. Skin dull yellowish- 
green, considerably dotted and somewhat sprinkled with russet, 
having a warm cheek on the side of the sun. Stalk is fleshy 
at its junction with the fruit, and generally surrounded by folds 
or rings. Calyx open, basin smooth and shallow. Flesh white, 
juicy, melting, sugary and vinous, somewhat aromatic. Ripe 
last of August and first of September. 
Cabot. Man. 
Originated from the seed of the Brown Beurre, by J. S. 
Cabot, Esq., of Salem, Mass. It has a good deal of the flavour 
of its parent, and is an agreeable, sub-acid fruit. The tree 
grows upright and very strong, and produces amazing crops. 
Fruit pretty large, roundish-turbinate, narrowing rather abruptly 
to the stalk, which is bent obliquely, and inserted on one side 
of a tapering summit. Skin roughish, bronze yellow, pretty 
well covered with cinnamon russet. Calyx small, open, set in a 
round, smooth basin. Flesh greenish-white, breaking, juicy, 
with a rich, sub-acid flavour. Middle and last of September. 
Caen de France. 
Fruit large, pyriform. Skin thick, russety-yellow, thickly 
covered with russety specks, and with some blotches of russet. 
Calyx open. Flesh yellowish-white, half melting, juicy, sweet, 
with a little astringency. Ripe December, January. (Hov 
Mag.) 
Calebasse Delvigne. Van Mons. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit medium or rather 
large, pyriform, broad at calyx. Skin yellow, slightly russeted, 
sometimes shaded on the sunny side. Stalk short, thick at its 
junction with the fruit. Calyx open, segments stiff, in a v^ry 
shallow, uneven basin. Flesh white, coarse, buttery, juicy, melt- 
ing, perfumed, slightly astringent, with a rich vinous flavour. 
October. 
Calhoun. 
Raised by the late Governor Edwards, New Haven, Conn. 
