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from ten to fifteen ounces in weight, and its siiitahility for Canada is onlv conjee- 



specimens have been grown weighing turai. We may, however, safelv infer 



over twenty ounces. It has not yet been that it is hardy when we consider that 



fruited outside of Idaho, and therefore Lewistou is in hititucU; 46' north. 



DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME. 



^T^IIIS tnafijnificent French pear the best condition, both as to appear- 



i is too well known among our ance and quality. Some of us 



leading fruit growers to need any attempted one season to keep the 



introiluction here. For years past Duchesse for marketing at Christmas 



Fig. 2. — A Bush Pear Trek (Duchesse d'Angouleme). 



this and the Louise Bonne de Jersey 

 have been planted as the two leading 

 varieties of fall pears, and have been 

 crowded into our city markets in 

 October and November. One thing 

 at least has been learned of late 

 concerning the marketing of fruit, 

 viz., that, as a rule, the best time for 

 the sale of fruit is just when it is in 



time ; it was beyond their proper 

 season a long way, and though with 

 care they were preserved fairly well, 

 the demand was scarcely as good as 

 in October. Generally speaking, 

 this pear should be marketed before 

 the middle of November if in 

 baskets, and in October if in 

 barrels. 



