BEUERE GIFf APvD PEAlt. 



have to be carried a greater or less distance from tlie nursery, and consequently require 

 packing ; and many people, to save a little cost, will run the risk of having their trees 

 ruined. "We are satisfied that vast quantities of trees are lost from bad packing and 

 exposure in transportation. It requires considerable skill and care to pack well. Very 

 few of the European nurserymen can pack for America, as importers well know : and 

 on this account we are always compelled to purchase at higher prices than we might 

 do, in order to secure good packing ; for if we were to get trees for nothing, they 

 would be a hard bargain unless well packed. Good packing is equally essential in 

 transporting trees from one part of our own country to the other, because we have 

 great delays. We can get a package almost as soon from Liverpool to New York as 

 we can from New York to Rochester ; so that parcels of trees should be always fitted 

 up to go safely twice the distance intended, or twice the time that ought to carry 

 them to their destination. What signifies fifty cents or a dollar per hundred, in the 

 cost of securing trees for carriage, compared with running the risk of losing them or 

 having them so damaged that they will not recover for years. Every man who orders 

 trees should say emphatically, " Pack my trees in the best manner ;" and nurserymen 

 should be held responsible for this, as much, at least, as for the quality of the trees. 

 Having now briefly called attention to what we consider a prevailing defect in the 

 growth of young trees, that unfits them for safe and successful removal, and the neces- 

 sity of care in packing for transportation, we shall hereafter take occasion to say some- 

 thing on planting and subsequent management. 



THE BEURRE GIFFARD PEAR.* 



This and the Doyenne (TEte, figured in the November number of our last volume, 

 are both of comparatively recent introduction from France, and prove to be two of the 

 most beautiful and excellent of all our summer Pears. We have fruited the Beurre 

 Giffard\ several years, and have found it uniformly fine, both in appearance and 

 quality. It was before the Pomological Convention at Philadelphia, in 1852, and 

 discussed as follows : 



"Mr. Satjl, of New York. I move that the Beurre Giffanl be put on the list of Pef.rs 

 that promise well. This year I have had very good specimens. I consider it one of great 

 excellence. It is an abundant bearer, and will be a great addition to our early Peai"S. 



" Mr. Norton, of New York. I liave seen a specimen in Western New York, and I 

 believe it is a good Pear. 



" lion. M. P. Wilder. The cliair will state that it is a New Pear from France. I have 

 fruited it for two years. It is of good size, and acute-pyriform in shape ; and my impres- 

 sion is, tliat if picked before ripe, it will be a valuable Pear. It is rather a poor grower, 

 as far as my experience goes, on the Quince. 



" Mr. Baxtee, of Pennsylvania. I have found it an excellent Pear ; and for an early 

 Pear, there is no better, as regards its beauty and growth. 



* See Frontispiece, + Pronounced Giffar, accenting the last syllabic like /;;•. 



