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THE PEAR. 
Henrietta. Bouvier. 
A beautiful tree of Belgian origin. Fruit small or medium? 
turbinate. Skin rough, almost entirely covered with * russet 
Flesh white, half fine, melting, abounding in juice, sugary, 
agreeably perfumed. A very good fruit, ripening in Novem- 
ber. (Al. Pom.) 
IIenri Bivort. Bivort. 
Tree pyramidal. Fruit large, form of Doyenne. Skin smooth, 
green, strongly shaded with brown, becomes somewhat yellow 
at maturity. Flesh whitish yellow, very melting, half buttery, 
juicy, sweet, and deliciously perfumed. Ripe middle of Sep- 
tember. Very good in Belgium, not proved here. (Al. Pom.) 
IIoSENSIIENCK. 
Shenk’s. Smokehouse. 
Watermelon. Butter Pear. 
Origin, farm of John Shenck, Weaver Township, Pa. Tree 
vigorous and productive. Fruit variable, subject to be knotty, 
and imperfect unless well grown. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish-oblate. Skin light yellowish- 
