reasonable human beings, who have enough of city when they are obliged to go 

 to it for shopping. Let every plot be in itself a rural home, so contrived that its 

 owner can pluck his own fruit, keep his own pony phseton, if he pleases, and look 

 out of his windows without seeing brick houses." 



Improver, " I never thought of this. I will make a little calculation, and see 

 if it ivill pay." 



Editor. " It will surely pay, and you will be remembered as one of the choice 

 spirits of your age, instead of being — nohody .^" 



THE CHANCELLOR PEAR.* 



Synonyms. — Green's Germantown — Early St. Germain. 



This truly delicious pear, probably an accidental seedling of the St. Germain, 

 originated at the country residence of Wharton Chancellor, Esq., on Schoolhouse 

 Lane, Germantown, now within the limits of the city of Philadelphia ; the original 

 tree still stands on his premises, within an inclosure of evergreens, and is probably 

 more than fifty years old. Specimens of the fruit from a grafted tree in the garden 

 of Mr. Joseph Green, of Germantown, were, for the first time, exhibited at the 

 annual Fair of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in September, 1848 ; and 

 to this variety was awarded the premium pfTered by the society for the best seed- 

 ling pear exhibited in 1849. Size large, 3j to 4 inches long by 2| to 3 inches 

 broad ; form long, obovate, inclining to pyriform ; skin dull green, with numerous 

 green and russet dots, some russet markings, and occasionally a faint, speckled, 

 warm brown cheek ; stem f to 1 inch long by y^g thick, inserted in a small, irregu- 

 lar cavity, usually elevated on one side ; calyx small, open, set in a plaited shallow 

 basin ; core medium ; seed §■ of an inch long, i broad, ^ thick, light brown, acu- 

 minate, full at the obtuse end, on one side of which is a small angular projection ; 

 flesh of fine texture, buttery ; flavor rich and exceedingly agreeable, but by some 

 it maybe considered too saccharine, which, in our opinion, should never be viewed 

 as an objectionable feature, since the saccharine quality is the first to show its 

 deficiency in defective soils, unpropitious seasons, or under poor cultivation ; quality 

 " very good," if not " best ;" maturity, last of September and beginning of Octo- 

 ber. It keeps well and ripens handsomely, without decaying at the core. Leaf 

 lanceolate ; young wood, slender, yellowish brown ; growth spreading. 



It does well on the quince, but better on the pear stock, as is mostly the case 

 with all recently obtained varieties from seed. 



To Doctor W. D. Brinckl^, who has devoted so much time, skill, and patience in 

 discovering and bringing into notice some of our finest fruit from Pennsylvania, 

 Delaware, New York, and the South, we are indebted for the knowledge of this 

 valuable variety. 



The specimen delineated is rather middle sized ; we have seen many larger, 

 wn on the original tree. 



* See Frontispiece. 



