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THE GARDENER'S MOXIIflA 



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vote t>r l;i>tf. Tho chanros for whim nr intcrcHt 

 to {JO wroiifj, cviii under these, hespeakK the 

 wisdom of some lari^e, well-endowed horticul- 

 tural fiarden where kinds of promise should 

 have trial and test. About where that ouj^ht to 

 be and how sustained, I shall say more beyond. 

 In another article some simple rules for fixing 

 the merit of a fruit will be oflered. which may 

 do till better are devised. 



NOTES ON NEW FRUITS. 



in W. S. CAHPKNTKU, RYE, N. V. 



I send you a few notes in regard to some of 

 the new fruits which I have been testing. Souv- 

 enir du Congress pear; fruit very large, bright 

 yellow, with a red cheek on the sunny side ; 

 quality good, and keeps well. Its large size and 

 fine appearance add to its market value. The 

 tree is a strong grown, comes early into bearing, 

 and produces large crops. It ripens a little be- 

 fore the Bartlett. 



Pitmaston Duchess, a seedling of John Pit- 

 maston, of England. A very large handsome 

 pear, nearly of first quality. The tree is a good 

 grower, comes early into bearing, and with me is ; 

 a better pear in every way than the Duchess j 

 d'Angouleme ; ripens October. Beurre d'As- 

 sompsion ; fruit of the largest size, an early and 

 good bearer; )'ellow and red, very handsome, 

 melting and juicy, not high flavored. Ripens last 

 of July. Brockworth Park, a seedling of Mr. \ 

 Laurence, of Brockworth Park, England. This 

 pear was sent out with high commendations, 

 but with me it is quite worthless. I have several 

 trees of this variety. It is a feeble grower, 

 and the fruit cracks badly. Ripens October. 

 Louis Vilmorin •, fruit large, color a fine cinna- 

 mon russet, flesh fine grained, juicy, perfumed, 

 sweet ; promising Winter pear. Ripens January. 

 Monsieur Heberlin ; tree a strong grower, hold- 

 ing its leaves till killed by the frost, a great 

 bearer; fruit large, yellow, very fine grained, 

 melting, juicy, sweet, slightly vinous. This pear 

 resembles the Bartlett in appearance, ripening 

 from one to two weeks later — September. \ 

 Madame Andre Leroy, raised by Andre Leroy, 

 of Angers, France ; tree a good grower, fruit 

 large, but cracks badly ; October. President 

 Coupre, a very large pear, from Belgium; 

 color yellow with a brown cheek. A prom- 

 ising late keeping pear ; December. Compt. 

 Lelieur, a Belgian pear of large size, looking 

 much like Onondago, or Swan's Orange ; color 

 yellow, very juicy, quite promising. Chaumontel ; 



d'Ete, or Siininur (hauniontcl ; Iruit large, 

 yellow with a line red cheek, handsome and good 

 (juality. A promising Summt-r pear; Augu.st. 

 St. Theresc, one of Leroy's seedlings, of 

 France ; fruit medium, skin yellow andbright red, 

 handsome and very good ; ripening in October. 

 Beurre Ballet Pere ; tree a strong grower, and 

 bears young, fruit large, yellow, handsome, and 

 good; October. Goodale ; this is a native seed- 

 ling, and promises to be valuable. The fruit 

 strongly resembles the Buerre d'Anjou, but 

 with me it is larger, and nearly xs large as that 

 fine pear. The tree is a strong grower and 

 holds its leaves late in the season. It is a great 

 bearer, and I think one of the most promising 

 varieties ripening in October. Micado, from 

 Japan. The leaves of this tree are very large 

 and ornamental. Fruit medium, very flat, dark 

 russet color, half melting ; ripening October. 

 Japan, another variety from that country which 

 promises to be valuable. The tree is very orna- 

 mental, leaves large and glossy, and a prodig- 

 ious bearer. Fruit quite large and nearly round ; 

 half melting. Skin a fine golden russet, a 

 beautiful fruit, fine for canning. 



For the first time in ten years, the blight 

 has made its appearance, and left its mark on 

 a large number of pear trees. Some only a 

 small limb, others have lost one-half their limbs, 

 and in some instances the whole tree has been 

 destroyed. Some of our old apple orchards, last 

 fall, put on the appearance of a visit from the 

 seven year locust, the leaves on the ends of the 

 limbs from six inches to a foot, turned brown. 

 On examination I could not trace any insect, and 

 concluded that the blight that was destroying 

 our pear trees had attacked the apple trees. 

 This blight was more noticable on some varieties 

 than others. Rhode Island Greenings and Fall 

 Pippins suffered the most. 



ON THE USE OF SULPHUR. 



BY 



Great care should be taken by authors in the 

 use of words to convey their meaning, for dis- 

 astrous results may sometimes follow by using 

 the wrong word, or not sulficiently explaining it 

 so that it ma}' be understood as it is intended. 



In a much valued work on grape culture un- 

 der glass, now lying ])efore me, directions are 

 given for the use of sulphur as a remedy for red 

 spider and mildew, using these words, '' There 

 need be no fear of sulphur doing harm to the 

 foliage, so long as ignition does not take place; 



