THE CHERRY PLUM AND HEATHCOT PEAR. 



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Fig. 96. The Chtrry Plum. 



plums to be found, he usually realizes 

 from five to eight dollars per bushel for 

 them. This, of course, makes a planta- 

 tion of the Cherry Plum more profitable 

 than one of any other variety, unless, 

 perhaps, we except Coe's Golden Di'op, or 

 some such fine variety, equally valuable, 

 from the unusally late season at which it 

 matures. 



We presume root-pruning, performed 

 every two or three years, Avould answer 

 the same purpose, in rendering the 

 Cherry Plum productive, as transplant- 

 ing, and it would be attended with less 

 labor and expense. 



THE HEATHCOT PEAR. 



We are confident, from our own observa- 

 tions, and the opinions of several intelligent 

 cultivators, given us lately, that this most 

 excellent New-England Pear, originated 

 more than twenty years ago, has not hitherto 

 been rated as highly as its merits deserve. 

 The past season, 1846, was by no means a 

 favorable one for fine fruits generally, and 

 it was a general subject of complaint that 

 pears were particularly indifferent in qual- 

 ity. Yet we tasted the Heathcot, both in 

 New- York, and about Boston, of delicious 

 quality ; and Col. Wilder assured us, in 

 October last, that after several }ears' trial, 

 he considered it nearly, if not quite equal, 

 to the old White Doyerme, or St. Michael. 



When we add to this, that the tree is 

 thrifty, and a good and regular bearer, and 



Fig. P7. The Healheot Pear. 



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