I would suggest that the New York or Brooklyn Horticultural Society investigate 

 this matter, and let justice be done ; the parties live in tlieir immediate vicinity. 



There have been many conjectures as to the origin of this fruit. It is known that a 

 relative of a fonner proprietor of the farm brought shrubbery with him from England, 

 and some suppose this IMackborry was then introduced ; others think the Huguenots, 

 who originally settled New Kochelle, brought it with them from France; but the 

 prevalent belief appears to be that it is an accidental seedling. 



For the facts embodied in this letter, I am indebted to a communication from Fued- 

 ERic Pkikck, Esq., (the present owner of the farm where the fruit was found,) published 

 in the Westchester ])^eivs, and to the verbal statements of Mr. Seacor and some of his 

 neighbors ; and I have every reason to believe all these statements to be substantially 

 correct. 



NOTES ON PEARS IN 1854. 



BY JOHN B. EATON, BUFFALO, N. Y. 



In fulfillment of my promise, I send you some brief notes of my experience with Pears. 

 Most of the varieties were fruited upon young trees, many of which were bearing their 

 first crop. This should not of course be taken as an infallible test of their future excel- 

 lence or inferiority, although the land upon which the greater part w-ere grown was 

 deeply cultivated, and well supplied with manure, with which the trees were also 

 mulched. As a consequence of these precautions, the extraordinarily (\ry season, which 

 so greatly decreased the produce (both in size and quality) of many plantations, did 

 not as a general thing reduce the size of our sj">ecimens, and we grew Duchesse cfAn- 

 gouleme, Beurre Uiel, Louise Bonne de Jersey, and many others, to a size which I have 

 rarely, if ever, seen exceeded. 



The blight has destroyed a few trees the past season, but has not prevailed as an 

 epidemic, and is, I think, gradually leaving us. Timely amputation of the affected 

 part has saved a portion of those trees which were first attacked in the branches ; but 

 the remedy, to answer any good puqiose, must be applied without hesitation, and 

 severely — cutting far below any appearance of disease, otherwise the diseased sap will 

 have poisoned the lower part of the branch before the application of the knife. 



Nearly all of the varieties were fruited on the Quince stock. A few, which will be 

 specified, were from standards. 



Ananas d'Ete is a handsome Pear, of a somewhat elongated obovate form, of good 

 size, but wanting in flavor. Our specimens may have been picked too early, but their 

 quality sadly disappointed me. Ripe from the first to the middle of September. 



Beurre Gouhault — medium in size, roundish, not very buttery, but " very good." 

 An apparently profuse bearer, but wanting color. Middle of September. 



Bloodyood, although not much spoken of among so many new varieties, is one of my 

 especial favorites among the early Pears. Its peculiar aromatic flavor has few counter- 

 parts, but I find it a little uncertain in size, and does not grow very well on Quince, 

 when double worked. " Very good." September. 



Beurre d'Amalis is a large, showy fruit, although not well colored, and a 



