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 low-green. Flesh white, very rich, juicy, and high flavored; a great bearer. Ripe 20th July.

Bloodgood.—Fruit rounding, flat at the eye, medium size; color yellow, with a brown cheek. Flesh yellowish-white, rich and sugary, with a fine, aromatic flavor. Ripe 1st of August.

Julienne.—Fruit rather under medium size; oval form; color bright yellow. Flesh buttery and juicy. Ripe early in August. Fruit should be plucked a few days before ripe.

Tyson.—Fruit medium size; pyramidal form; color dull greenish-yellow. Flesh white, sweet, melting, and very juicy, with a most delightful flavor. Ripe from the 15th to the 25th of August. A figure of this variety is given in Hovey's Magazine for November, 1846, but much too small for the general size of the fruit. The original tree, now over fifty years of age, stands in Jenkintown, Pa., and measures six feet in circumference, at three feet from the ground, and is a noble specimen of strong, upright growth. The fruit has been sold in Philadelphia Market for nearly twenty years, but till recently very little notice has been taken of it. We would like to taste a finer, early pear than this.

Moyamensing.—Fruit full, medium size, of a roundish-oval form; lemon color, with occasional blotches and lines of russet. Flesh buttery, melting, and well flavored. In eating from the middle of July till the end of August. Originated in the garden of J. B. Smith, Esq., of this place.

Washington.—Another American Pear, of first-rate quality. Fruit medium size; oval form; of a pale straw color, covered with brown dots. Flesh firm, white, melting and juicy. Ripe end of August and 1st of September. Downing's figure of this fruit and description is perfectly accurate, though there is plenty of evidence to show that this tree must have been known forty years ago. I have seen grafted trees about fifty feet high, and a stem four feet in circumference.

Bartlett.—Fruit very large, regular pyramidal form; color pale lemon-yellow, with a faint blush next the sun. Flesh