The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . .DEARBORNS SEEDLIF&. Fruiti- of A-mercca,f [ate iV? DrawnfrouL jTature S CliTomo littii 5y V. THE DEARBORNS SEEDLING PEAR. Deaeborns Seedling. Neio England Farmer, vol. x. p. 59. This fine eaily pear, though among the firstAmerican varieties which were brought to the noticeof cultivators, is just beginning to be properly appre-ciated. It has many valuable quahties. The treeis a vigorous and healthy grower, the fruit of fan-size, and of superio
The fruits of America : containing richly colored figures, and full description of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States . .DEARBORNS SEEDLIF&. Fruiti- of A-mercca,f [ate iV? DrawnfrouL jTature S CliTomo littii 5y V. THE DEARBORNS SEEDLING PEAR. Deaeborns Seedling. Neio England Farmer, vol. x. p. 59. This fine eaily pear, though among the firstAmerican varieties which were brought to the noticeof cultivators, is just beginning to be properly appre-ciated. It has many valuable quahties. The treeis a vigorous and healthy grower, the fruit of fan-size, and of superior quality, and it comes at a sea-son when the supply of fine kinds is not the introduction of the Bloodgood, Tyson, andRostiezer, it was the only excellent pear ripeningbetween the Jargonelle and the Williamss BonChretien. The Dearborns Seedhng originated in the garden of Gen. H. A. , of Roxbury, the first president of the Massachusetts Horti-cultural Society, about thirty yeais ago. It was found growing in aborder of shrubs, in a cluster of syringa and rose bushes, and whenabout five years old. Gen. Dearborn concluded to remove it to a smallnuisery for the purpose of using it as a stock; but, in the attempt torep
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