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de Chabrillant. Did you ever see such shell-like petals, so "beautifully set in cup- 

 like form, and so sweetly tinted with shaded pinks ? Is it not a most lovely flower ? 

 and each rose is so perfect, not crowded in cluster so close that none can get room 

 to unfold in perfection, but singly, borne on the point of each strong shoot. 



Pears for the Market Orchard. 



BY n. A. SWAZEY, IN RURAL ALABAMIAN. 



TVOYENNE d'Ete. — This handsome little pear is undoubtedly one of the most 

 ^ profitable in cultivation, as it bears early and abundantly, ripens among the very 

 earliest, and the quality is unsurpassed by any other early pear. The only rival it 

 has is the Madeleine, which, while being a little larger and a day or two earlier, is 

 immeasurably behind it in early bearing and health of tree, in soundness, beauty, 

 excellence and all desirable shipping qualities. After a long and extensive trial, we 

 should plant the Doyenne d'Ete for either market or home use in preference to 

 anything else of its season. For immediate profitable returns we should plant it 

 before any other variety of any season — excepting the Bartlett alone. Season in 

 June. Ships well, coloring up finely in boxes and sells at from ten to fifteen dollars 

 per bushel. Best as a standard, but succeeds also as a dwarf. 



Jefferson. — As a market fruit and for baking, stewing or preserving, there is no 

 variety superior to this comparatively unknown sort. The tree is a strong grower, 

 and bears early and surely, rarely or never missing a crop. This fruit for the 

 dessert is not very desirable, but for the purposes above named, the Jefferson is 

 certainly one of the indispensable varieties. Fruit large to very large, nearly 

 resembling the B. Diel in shape and size, while in beauty it excels everything else 

 in the pear line that we have ever seen. Color a delicate light yellow, suffused with 

 a rich, bright carmine blush that entirely captivates the eye of every beholder. Had 

 the flesh a like effect upon the palate, the perfection of a market or dessert pear 

 would be fully attained. 



Osband's Summer. — This is not usually classed as a first-rate market pear — be- 

 cause of its delicate skin and flesh, and the tardiness of the tree in coming into 

 full bearing. But gathered early and handled carefully, as all fruit ought to be, it 

 reaches market in fine selling order and never fails to command a high price. The 

 tree is a good grower and a sure and prolific bearer. It blooms very late, and thua 

 always escapes spring frosts. 



Julienne. — Coming in about with the preceding or a little later, the Julienne 

 assists in filling a gap where good market as well as eating pears are scarce. The 

 tree is a fine grower and comes earlier into full bearing ; the fruit is medium size, 

 of a beautiful light yellow and first-rate in quality. Bears picking early, and keeps 

 and ripens up well. Best as a dwarf. 



Clapp's Favorite. — We have never seen the fruit of this new variety, but have 

 investigated its claims to popularity so thoroughly that we are fully convinced of its 

 value as a market fruit. We are planting it quite largely ourselves, and feel no 

 hesitancy in recommending our readers to do so. Our trees bloomed this season 



