222 FOR MAEKET CULTIVATION — ON QUINCE. 



conditions must be fulfilled. Large size must be obtained by 

 thinning, to concentrate the saccharine matter of the tree into few 

 fruits: the pears should be allowed to hang late on the tree; 

 should be at once removed to a cool room ] should be brought out 

 but few at once to ripen, and should always be eaten before becom- 

 ing sufficiently soft to be easily indented by the thumb and finger. 



Mr. William Howe, of Westchester County, has excelled most 

 others in the production of this pear. I received from him, in the 

 Fall of 1856, Vicars weighing seventeen ounces, and of beautiful 

 shape and color. But these were far excelled by a specimen 

 received from Oregon, which weighied twenty-eight ounces. A 

 tree of this variety, five years planted, from the nursery row. 

 grown by Prof. Mapes, was exhibited at the American Institute 

 Fair, bearing one hundred and seventy fair-sized pears, far too 

 many to arrive at the highest perfection. The fruit is large, 

 curved pyriform, with neck much elongated, and continued up upon 

 the stem, which is curved, and has flesh around its base. 



When placed in the sun, a day or two before ripening, it acquires 

 a rich golden or lemon-yellow color. It is greatly improved by 

 growing on the Quince, on which it makes a strong, vigorous 

 growth, and a firm union, and proving most perfectly adapted to it 

 in every respect. On deep alluvial, or rich and damp clay soils, 

 it is somewhat subject to blight. 



Urbaniste. 



Beurrfe Piqneiy, I Beurre Drapier, 



Louise d'Orleans, 1 Count Colonna, 



St. Mark. 



O C T O B E E — N O V EM B EE. 



This excellent and beautiful pear is a favorite w^herever it has 

 fruited : but the tree is so tardy in bearing, that comparatively few 

 have proved its excellence. The natural beauty of the tree is 

 unequalled, as it takes a stout pyramidal shape with scarcely any 

 pruning, the cone being rapidly filled out with numerous branches 

 that describe a graceful curve. The hardiness and tardy bearing 

 of the tree give promise to it of great longevity. The fruit is but 

 little above the medium size ; but its great excellence and freedom 



