380 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



But for the immense crops of these two varieties and the pouring 

 of them into the St. Louis market in such quantities the growers of the 

 choicer kinds of pears would have found St. Louis a most desirable 

 and profitable market the present season. 



The Le Conte and Keififer ship like potatoes and are not much bet- 

 ter in quality, but those who know nothing about varieties buy them, 

 and thus the demand is supplied. 



California is not in it in competition with the Le Conte and Keiffer. 

 Pear-growers in the vicinity of St, Louis can compete with California, 

 but they are not in it, even a little bit, when they have to buck against 

 Le Conte and Keiffer. 



The Lawrence Pear. 



Many Eastern pomologists are fond of building up their faith with 

 Beurre d'Anjou for their corner-stone. While nothing can be said 

 against this excellent variety, as time goes by, the impression of many 

 growers in this part of the country is that the Lawrence is second to 

 none for that purpose. It would be a loss to be bound down to two 

 or three kinds of pears, and no one here would like to be without the 

 Bartlett and the Seckel in the garden, out where marketing or preserv- 

 ing is in question, it is safe to say the Lawrence is unsurpassed for 

 profit. The tree is, perhaps, not so rampant a grower as some others, 

 but then it is hardy and healthy, and a prolific bearer. By a little care 

 one can have the fruit to eat all winter. Left to itself it ripens about 

 the time of the first frosts here, say the early part of November, But 

 some can be gathered earlier than this and ripened indoors. When 

 all picked and stored indoors, they ripen one after another for a period 

 of a couple of months. There are really but few good winter pears, 

 which is what makes this of so much value. There is one way in 

 -which this fine pear can be had, not only all winter, but all the next 

 summer, too, and this is by canning it. It is one of the very best of 

 them all for this purpose, possessing a flavor which suits the taste of 

 almost every one. If a half dozen pears are to be planted, let one of 

 them, without fail, be a Lawrence.— Practical Farmer. 



The Ten Best-Flavored Grapes, 



The ten best-flavored grapes were named by Mr. E. P. Powell in 

 these columns some months since: lona, Brighton, Goethe, Herbert, 

 Worden, Jefferson, Gaertner, Niagara, Delaware and Eldorado, But 

 when we speak of grapes, are there not other qualifications besides 



