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The following are excellent varieties of 

 Pears: Wilder Early and Manning's Eliza- 

 beth, which ripen in August; Bartlett and 

 Flemish Beauty, in September; Duchesse 

 d'Angouleme, Louise Bonne of Jersey, and 

 Seckel, in October; Anjou, Easter Beurre, 

 and Josephine of Malines, very late varie- 

 ties. The last three should be gathered in 

 October, and will keep in a cool, dry place 

 until January or February. 



Peaches to do well in orchards should be 

 on high ground; they seem to prefer a hill- 

 side. When grown in a protected situation, 

 the buds swell early in the spring and are 

 often destroyed by late frosts. Peach trees 

 will not be hurt by a low temperature in 

 Winter unless the weather is also damp or 

 foggy, but late Spring frosts are certain to 

 do them great damage. In a garden they 

 should, if possible, be planted where they 

 will be sheltered from the west and south 

 by buildings, evergreens or hedges, that they 

 may not start too early in the Spring. 

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