HORTICULTURAL BULLETINS. 295 



Gakovsk, Kurskaya, Bessemianka, and Victorina are from Prof. Budd's impor- 

 tations from eastern Europe. None of ttiem compare favorably witti our well- 

 known varieties of similar season. 



Giffard, an early August pear of tiigh quality, is admirably adapted to use in the 

 plantations of critical lovers of this fruit. 



Gray Doyenne is an old and excellent amateur pear, ripening in October and 

 November. It is now rarely planted. 



Howell is well known as a desirable market pear for late September. 



Jones is a scarcely medium-size pear, of very good quality, ripening in October 

 and November. 



Lawrence has many desirable qualities of both tree and fruit, which render 

 it desirable as an early winter market variety. 



Lucrative is an old and excellent pear which every lover of this fruit should 

 plant for home use. With better color it would doubtless be valued as a market 

 fruit also. 



Margaret. — Several varieties have been received and fruited under this name. 

 Further trial is needful to determine the identity of each. A small, very early one 

 is of fair quality and very productive. 



Mount A^ernon. — Two varieties have been received and fruited under this name, 

 and further trial is needful to properly determine their identity. 



Ogereau, a large pear, season November and Decembei', is a vigorous grower 

 and an early bearer. Worthy of trial for market. 



Pound is a very old variety, very large, but only valuable for show and for the 

 kitchen. 



Reeder (Dr. Reeder) is a fruit weighing seven ounces, of high quality, keeping 

 through November. The tree is thrifty and so far an early and abundant bearer. 



Rostiezer is an old European variety, weighing only three ounces, not 

 attractive appearance, but of exquisite flavor. Season, August. Tree, vigorous, 

 very spreading, requires severe cutting back to produce a satisfactory head. 



Seckel is well known for its exquisite flavor. Its diminutive size is its chief 

 drawback, which, however, is compensated by its productiveness. The tree is 

 healthy and remarkably free from blight. 



Summer Doyenne (Doyenne d'Ete) is the earliest reasonably good pear. 

 Although of diminutive size, this is compensated by its productiveness. The tree 

 is vigorous and healthy. 



Winter Nelis ranks among winter pears as does Seckel among the summer and 

 autumn varieties, as the type of high quality. The tree is of a straggling, irregu- 

 lar habit, and doubtless for that reason is not popular with nurserymen, who usu- 

 ally double-work it. 



APPLES (Pyriis malus). 



Apples, in common with other fruit trees, have made satisfactory growths, not- 

 withstanding the prevailing drouth, and a very considerable number of varieties 

 have shown more or less fruit. 



Whether due to the spray applied April 1 to 6, or otherwise, no fungi have been 

 discovered attacking either trees or fruit during the season, and the only insect 

 noted was the second brood of codlin moth larvae, the appearance of which had not 

 been anticipated, as the first brood had been conspicuous by their absence. 



Following the general spray of April 1 to 6: May 3 to 4, apples were sprayed 

 to prevent scab, with a solution of one pound of copper sulphate in 250 gallons 

 of water; May 20 they were again sprayed, this time with Bordeaux mixture con- 

 sisting of four pounds of copper sulphate, nine pounds of stone lime, and two 

 and one fourth ounces of Paris green in forty gallons of water; June 1, the spray 

 was repeated, using the same mixture. 



Further treatment should doubtless have been applied to destroy the second 

 brood of codlin moth larvae, but the apparently thorough destruction of the early 

 brood had left the conviction that no second brood need be expected, and this 

 error was not discovered till too late for remedy. 



The following table includes the varieties which have bloomed and fruited, one 

 or both, during the current season. 



Under the head of productiveness the results of the current year only are given. 



The word crab attached to a name is not to be understood as any part of such 

 name. 



In grading as to quality, crabs are compared with crabs only. 



