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Definition of Pears

1. pear [n] - See also: pear

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pears

Literary usage of Pears

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"James pears, headmaster of Bath grammar school, and brother of Sir Thomas Townsend pears [qvl pears was educated at Bath under his father, and was elected ..."

2. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1854)
"Josiah Stickney, Watertown, 34 varieties of pears; 16 varieties of apples. ... Cheever Newhall, Dorchester, 20 varieties of pears; 14 varieties of apples. ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1854)
"From Hovey & Co., 40 varieties of pears, part of which we have enumerated at p. 476. From AD Williams & Son, 65 varieties of apples, and 70 of pears. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Most of the pears were shipped in barrels, though some were shipped in bulk. The distribution is still poor, and for the past few years It is a most ..."

5. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). Governor (1801-1804 : Clinton), New York (State). State Historian (1901)
"Samuel pears' wife has four Children, all Daughters, the oldest 11 years the youngest 5 months old, and Caleb pears' wife has 2 Children, 1 Sou & 1 Daughter ..."

6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1874)
"When he commenced he had pears on rich land and cultivated them highly ; they grew fast, and as soon as they commenced to bear, commenced to blight. ..."

7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1878)
"Of the French pears above noticed, which were planted by a royal mandate and ... The information we glean from the quaint monkish naturalist about pears and ..."

8. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"Among the larger contributors, we noticed the following:— Massachusetts—Samuel Walker, Roxbury, 60 varieties of pears; BV French, Braintree, 73 varieties of ..."

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