The Eastern Belle bore a large, long pear that turned yellow when ripe and had a fine rosy cheek on one side.

The Indian Queen was a thick-bodied pear with specks under the skin, a deep-sunk nose and a long stem.

It had a tendency to crack on one side; but it ripened at about the same time as the Belle, and its flavor was even finer.
The little walled pen that inclosed the two pear-trees had a history of its own.

The town had built it as a "pound" for stray animals in 1822, shortly after the neighborhood was settled.

The walls were six or seven feet high, and on one side was a gateway.