58 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Dr. Hull — The Bartlett is a much better pear. "We find our good 

 names are worth more to us than even a large amount of fruit. 



Flemish Beauty,— Mr. Woodard — It stands foremost in McHenry. 

 It is considered the best we have. 



Mr. Wier — We consider it the best pear we have in our neighborhood. 

 Mr. Keith — In Cook county we consider it the best pear we have. 



Glout Morceau. — Mr. Foster — I recommend it for market and 

 family use in the IS^orth. As far as my own experience goes, the 

 tree is subject to blight and the fruit is astringent. 



Howell. — Mr. Wier — I would move to recommend it for market 

 and family use in the North. 



Dr. Hull — I told you which were my first two varieties — this is the 

 third — Howell, Beurre Bosc, Beurre D'Anjou. 



Mr. Galusha moved to amend by saying "for trial in the North.'' 

 It was not sufiiciently known to recommend it. 



Mr. Douglas — I thought it had been sufficiently tried North. I 

 recollect very distinctly its being spoken of well in the North. I have 

 had it in bearing from len to twelve years, and the only fault I find 

 with it is that the fruit spurs seem to be tender. The Bartlett is 

 somewhat so, and the Duchesse a good deal so, and I think there must 

 be gentlemen here who have fruited the Howell and found it so. 



Mr. Earle — I think our friends in the North will find it all right if 

 they can get it to bear. Its fruit buds are more tender because they 

 swell with heat. With that single exception it is about the best pear 

 we have any knowledge of. 



Mr. Douglas — I think it is quite as hardy as the Bartlett or the 

 Duchesse — quite as good a pear — but it does not bear quite so young. 



Mr. Earle — I think it would be found to bear as early as the Bartlett 

 but for that tenderness of the buds, 



Mr. Hilliard — I think there are more trees of that kind planted out 

 than any other variety. 



Mr. Douglas — There are a good many Howells that parties do not 

 know to be Howells. 



