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an austere juice, as the '' Squash," the " Oldfield," the " Barland," the " HufF-cap," 

 the '-Sack," the "Red," and the " Longland" varieties. Pears were considered 

 by the Romans, as an antidote to the effect of eating poisonous mushrooms ; and 

 up to the present time, perry is said to be the best remedy that can be employed 

 for the same purpose. In Britain and France, an agreeable wine is made from a 

 mixture of crab-apples and pears, which, in the latter country is called jnqnetle. 

 Pears, in general, produce flatulency, and consequently are unfit for weak stom- 

 achs ; but when they are quite ripe, and contain a sweet juice, they seldom prove 

 noxious, unless eaten to excess. 



Pears that are to be kept for winter use, should hang as long on the trees as 

 the state of the weather will admit. They should tlien be kept in heaps, in an 

 open, dry situation, for about ten days, then wiped with a dry woollen cloth, and 

 lastly packed up close from the air and moisture. But to keep the fruit in its 

 greatest perfection, small earthen jars may be selected, about the size of the pear, 

 which should be packed separately, in clean oat chaff or wheaten bran, then 

 tied down with oiled paper or skin, and cemented tight with wax or pitch. 

 These jars should then be packed in a cask, chest, or some other secure place, 

 with their bottoms upwards, where they should remain until required for use. 



From their picturesque forms as well as the beauty of their blossoms and fruit, 

 several varieties of the pear-tree are appropriate objects in landscape gardening. 

 Those particularly worthy of culture for ornament, as well as for producing fruit 

 of first-rate excellence, are the " Beurre Diel," the " Benvie," the " Golden Knap," 

 the " Elcho," and the "Swan's Egg" varieties, for conical forms; the "Busked 

 Lady," and " Pow Meg," for orbicular forms; and the "Beurre de Rans," the 

 "Glout Morceau," the " Bezi de la Motte," the "Napoleon," the " Dunmore," 

 '.he "Monarch," the " Seckle," the "Andrews," and the " Bartlett," for other 

 considerations. 



