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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Doyenne d'Ete, or Summer Doyenne. This is the earliest 

 ripening pear worthy of cultivation. It has been considerably 

 grown as a dwarf, but it is not well adapted to the quince, as on 

 this stock the tree soon becomes feeble and stunted. On the 

 pear stock it is a vigorous grower, with rather slender shoots, and 

 an early and profuse bearer. Fruit small, yellow, with bright red 

 on the sunny side, juicy, melting and well-flavored. It should, 

 (like most early pears,) be picked a week, at least, before maturity, 

 as it becomes mealy and insipid when ripened on the tree. A 

 hardy and very desirable variety ripening early in August. 



Madeleine. A very early, medium sized, pale yellow pear, 

 juicy and good, which come^ in season just after the Summer Doy- 

 enne. It has been grown in this State above fifty years and is 

 found to succeed both on the pear and quince. The tree is hardy 



ROSTIEZER. 



and productive, with long, erect branches. In damp, clayey soils 

 the fruit is found to be rather astringent, and in some seasons it 

 rots on the tree, but generally gives satisfaction. 



