with a very acrrccablc, piquant, vinous flavor, rcsemblin;^' tlie IJourrc d'Arcniljer}:. 

 Scfi/s, small, Ions, narrow, sharpIy-iiointL'd. Season, Octol^er to Novoniljcr. 

 Class, " best.'' 7V<r, hardy, tolerably vij,^orous, a little thorny, and manifestly a 

 sccdlinp: from the Calebasse class. This variety was produced from seed by Major 

 Esperen, of Malines, fruited first in 1847, and was dedicated to " Emile," the son 

 of our worthy j^)omolojrist, Mr. IJercknians, of New Jersey. Its bearing qualities 

 arc not ascertained, but it promises to be sulliciently productive, and will, without 

 doubt, take a high rank among our best late pears. 



Beurre Kennes. — Size, me- 

 dium. Font/, ]»yriforni, inclin- 

 ing to turbiiate; some speci- 

 mens much flattened at the 

 poles. Cuhjx, sunk in a mode- 

 rately deep cavity. Stem, about 

 one inch in length, planted on 

 the apex, sometimes in a fleshy 

 ring or protuberance. Color, 

 brownish-green, clouded with a 

 gauze-like covering of russet, 

 stippled with red and gray 

 dots; at maturity, yellowish, 

 sufl'used with a rai.xture of brown 

 and crimson on the sunny side. 

 Flesh, yellowish-white, melting 

 and juicy. Flavor, sweet, rich, 

 agreeably perfumed. Season, 

 October 1st to 15th. Qualify, 

 "very good;" may prove 

 " best." Tree, not yet proved 

 on the pearstock, but sulliciently 

 vigorous on the quince. A new 

 Belgian variety, described in 

 the Annales de Pomolof/ie. The 

 fruit is borne in clusters, and 

 adheres strongly to the branches 

 during the autumnal gales. 



Buerre Kennes. ^^t^ j^ continued.) 



GARDEN VEGETABLES, NO. 5. — SWEET CORN. 



BY WM. CnORLTON. 



To write anything on the cultivation of Indian Corn would appear, on first 

 consideration, like a waste of words. Uowever, as we so often sec only an indif- 

 ferent quality, and so seldom meet with a good or regular successive supply, a 

 little talk respecting it may be of service to some of your readers. 



Here we have a true Native American, which is known amongst botanists by 

 the cognomen, Zea Mays, and is one of the very numerous family of Cereals. 



Corn, in general, will always give a good percentage of interest when well cul- 



ated, and Sweet Corn, in particular, is not, strictly speaking, wholesome, unle 

 a supply in the soil of the required ingredients for the formation of a perfect 



