ILLINOIS HORTICULTURE. 



vigor, will, we think, cause it to be sought after by amateurs. It is superior for general 

 cultivation here, to any Pine we have tried, with the exception of the British Queen — 

 while it is hardier than the latter fine variety. 



Description. — Fruit large, ovate, pretty regular and uniform in size, (not cockscomb 

 shaped;) surface of berry not highly polished; seeds only slightly imbedded; color, rich 

 red; flesh, solid, with a high vinous flavor; quality, first rate in all respects. Fruit stalk 

 tall, strong, unusuall}' hairy; calyx quite hairy. Leaves borne upright, on long, rather 

 slender stalks. Hardy, and bears abundantly. Ripens at middle season. 



ILLINOIS HORTICULTURE— INSECTS— PROF. TURNER, etc. 



BY DR. KEiNNICOTT, NORTIIFIELD, ILL. 



Dear Sir — In 3'our July number, I find a letter from that excellent western pomologist 

 A. II. ER>fST, of Cincinnati — commenting on Prof. Turner's discovery of insects, sup- 

 posed to be the cause of blight in the pear, &c. 



I had the pleasure of reading the Professor's June article, in his own house, at Jackson 

 and I also examined his apparently healthy remnants of a noble lot of pear trees 

 by the blight of preceding summers. He could show me no vestiges of his 



