Gray Doyenne^ which should be one of the best of Pears, was this year scarcely 

 "very good" in quality, but of fine size. October. 



Glout Morceau, ripening out of season, was no more than "good." 



Henry the Fourth, or Ananas, or Bearre Ananas, (for we have it under all these 

 names,) although usually small, produced some fine specimens, which were nearly 

 equal in flavor to the Seckel. Most generally it is a dull, disagreeable-looking fruit, 

 but bears enormously, and is almost always "very good." September. 



Inconnue Van Mons is a great bearer also, but has little else to recommend it, 

 unless it should keep well, which ours did not. 



Jalousie de Fontenay Vendee I am much pleased with. It is of good size, handsome 

 form, somewhat similar to Napoleon, and possesses a peculiar and very pleasant flavor. 

 " Very good." September. 



Jaminette is an unprepossessing, dull green, rough-looking Pear, but keeps well, and 

 has rather a pleasant flavor. I have eaten it after it had lain on the ground, under the 

 tree, all winter, when it had lost very little of its flavor. "Good." 



Louise Bonne de Jersey is the Pear, par excellence, for growing as a dwarf. It will 

 nearly take care of itself, and produce large crops of large, handsome, ruddy-cheeked 

 Pears, which in their brisk and sprightly flavor are "hard to beat." "Very good." 

 September, 



Le Cure, or Vicar of Winhfield, I do not like. I have perhaps been imfortunate, 

 but never yet tasted one that I considered "good," yet I have eaten of many produced 

 on our own trees, and also, by the kindness of various fi-iends, of beautiful specimens 

 grown in the vicinity, both on standards and dwarfs. All were nearly similar — juicy, 

 but coarse-grained, acid, and insipid. The pomologists of Boston say that it is their 

 best winter Pear, but it is certainly not ours. 



Lawrence is capital — large, handsome in form and color, and "very good," at least, 

 in quality. In appearance, it is not unlike a well-grown White Doyenne, and promises 

 to rank but little below that fine Pear. I have not kept it beyond December, but then 

 our specimens were not numerous, and were appreciated. 



Leivis is another fine Pear, not so large as the Lawrence, but of a somewhat similar 

 character, and promises to be an abundant bearer. "Very good." December. 



Muscat Robert is the earliest Pear that we grow, and, if eaten before being too rijic, 

 is "good." It is, however, very small, and not enough earlier than Doyenne d'Ele to 

 entitle it to much consideration. It is, unlike most Pears, better when ripened on the 

 tree. First week in August. 



Napoleon I have but little respect for as a Pear. It is handsome, and bears wc41, 

 but, though very juicy, it is not high-flavored, and no more than "good." October. 



Oswego Beurre I have not fairly tested, our specimens having been mostly blown 

 from the tree and prematurely ripened. They were no more than "good," but prom- 

 ised better things under more favorable circumstances. 



Passe Colmar, although ripening prematurely, was "good," and finely colored. 



Rousselet Hatif, or Early Catherine, as it is universally called in this \ncinity, is the 

 most extansively cultivated early Pear to be found in the older orchards, and was for 

 some years almost the only one, which had much pretension to flavor, ripening before 

 the Bartlett. It is an exceedingly juicy, pleasant Pear, but soon rots at the core, and 



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