344 IVhite Whitei' 'Peat'main. 



Clapp Favorite Pear. 



IT would appear from the many flattering reports, that this pear is likely to be- 

 come a general favorite. Reports from all quarters speak highly of it ; we have, 

 this season, seen it upon the tree in our rich western soil ; in the region of Boston, 

 and on the rocky hill-sides in New Hampshire. In all these localities we found 

 both tree and fruit alike — the fruit magnificent in a.ppearance and quality, and the 

 tree a model for health and growth ; it seems to be at home everywhere — in all soils 

 and situations ; equally upon the rich clay and alluvial soils of the West, and upon 

 the sterile soils of New England. H. Hendrichs, Ulster Co., N. Y., says of it: 



" I have now fruited this variety three years on my grounds here on the banks^ of 

 the Hudson, and I think no other pear grown this season has given me pleasure and 

 satisfaction so great. It is the most beautiful grower I ever saw ; nothing can 

 equal its dark, vigorous, luxuriant branches, and massive, glossy foliage. It is a 

 beautiful tree, and well organized against blight, mildew and kindred affections. 

 My trees are all standard, and now six years from the cion. Some of them, besides 

 maturing two or three crops of fruit, have attained an enormous growth. 



Apple Crop in Minnesota. — June 23, Mr. John Hart, of Winona, writes us 

 concerning the fruit prospect in that region : " I am sorry to say that the hopes of 

 a fair apple crop in Minnesota this season are blasted ; May 24th, apples and pear 

 trees were in full bloom and promised well till the 29th, when we experienced a 

 heavy fall of rain followed by a heavy frost on the morning of the 30th, which 

 killed two-thirds of the trees. Sorts hitherto considered both hardy and tender, 

 fared alike, for Duchess of Oldenburg did not seem to come through the freeze any 

 better than varieties considered tender. I have four trees that escaped unhurt, I 

 do not know the variety, but think they are the Early Pennock. If my life is 

 spared till the apples are ripe, I shalt surely send you a few specimens so as to learn 

 from you of what variety they are — for I think after passing through the trying 

 ordeal of the last winter and spring freeze, it must be of a sort that will do to 

 tie to." 



Remarks — By all means send us specimens of the fruit, and in good time — such 

 exceptions in the general destruction of trees should be known. 



White Winter Pearmain. — Concerning the scabbing of this apple, Mr. Henry 

 Walton, nurseryman, at Malvern Station, Mills county, writes us: "So far as I 

 know, the White Winter Pearmain, grown on prairie soil in this county, does not 

 scale, but where grown on timber soil is almost worthless. Is this the case else- 

 where in the State? I should like the observations of others on this point. 



" I have seen some apple trees planted ten years ago, did well until two years 

 ago, when they began to die in the top. The extreme ends of the limbs died the 

 first year. Last year the disease extended down to the body, and in some cases the 

 body went also. Is this the blight ? " You needn't call it any thing else. 



