Old Priam was less careful in the training of his children than the father of an 

 only child. The owner of a flock will never care for them as a child cares for its 

 pet lamb. As human nature is constituted, so it will always be ; to grow fruit 

 for the supply of such a country and population as ours, we must have stocks 

 and varieties that will do well under ordinary good treatment. 



Amateurs will always have others of fine flavor, perhaps, to make up for their 

 more delicate organization ; but those who grow for market, will desire trees from 

 which they may, with reasonable care, expect a good crop. These will have much 

 reason to complain, if those who sell and those who know, allow them to invest 

 their capital in that which may not yield them any profit. 



It is, therefore, that having, in former times, in the full flush of successful 

 experiment, and in all good faith, written in praise of dwarf pears, I feel bound, 

 in all fairness, to give also my subsequent experience, that no one may be misled 

 by any statement of mine. However my opinions may conflict with those of 

 others, they will not doubt my sincerity when they recollect that this expression 

 of them is opposed to my pecuniary interests. 



[It was due to the many readers of Mr. Parson's article in the Horiicidtxirist, 

 some years ago (in which he strongly approved of the dwarf pear as an orchard- 

 tree), that he should tell his subsequent experience, for which many have been 

 looking. We continue to receive communications referring to the very article 

 the above conti-adicts. The whole question is now left to the only true argument 

 we can anticipate can be brought to bear on the subject. Let the pears which 

 were promised be seen in the markets, and all will be convinced. We ho-pe still 

 for the good time to come, and whether it be a supply from the millions of dwarfs 

 or standards that have been planted, the "dear public" will care but little, if 

 they only have the fruit. Meantime, let all who have any kind of fruit-trees, 

 hurry the fruit into the Philadelphia market, where not one in a thousand has yet 

 tasted a good pear ; they occasionally see a good one, in Newton's window, at 

 from fifty cents to one dollar, but they want a bushel for those prices. — Ed.] 



GARDEN VEGETABLES, NO. 3.— THE PEA. 



BY WILLIAM CIIORLTON. 



A DISH of well cooked Green Peas is always acceptable on the dinner-table, 

 and no' garden is perfect, if a portion be not occupied, in the proper season, with 

 this universally esteemed favorite. 



The Pea is indigenous to the South of Europe, and all the usually cultivated 

 sorts are varieties of an annual plant named, by botanists, Pisum sativum. Dur- 

 ing the last twenty-five years, there has been much attention paid to the improve- 

 ment of sorts, which has resulted in far better quality than formerly. 



To have a regular succession of crops is a desideratum, and, to secure this, many 

 persons think it necessary to employ many sorts. This, however, is an error ; for 

 with a judicious selection of some three of the best, and attention to sowing, an 

 uninterrupted supply may be had so long as the weather is favorable to their 

 development, for, notwithstanding its southern origin, our hot and dry summers, 

 except in favored localities, act so powerfully upon the cellular texture, as to pre- 

 vent healthy action, and cause it to be next to worthless. Generally speaking, 

 we are satisfied with what out-door culture can accomplish, in which case, it is 

 only reasonable that there should be no delinquency ; but fresh peas 7nay be had 

 most of the year, when expense and convenience are not wanting. The 

 suitable soil is newly turned up, but well worked and friable pasture land, 



