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Bensells Winter

[sketch of pear]

This pear derives its name from Doctor Bensell
of Germantown Pennsa [Pennsylvania]. It is a large pear
almost round, being a little produced at the
stalk end with a little flatness at the
blossom end, where the eye is sunk in a hollow
not very deep.  The stalk is fleshy and of a
green color, about three fourths of an inch
in length.  The skin a yellowish green, with
black clouds.  The flesh white, breaking &
pleasant, and ripens about midwinter - 
being in perfection in December and
January.
        