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poor to eat, while the latter were of 

 tine quality. Mr. Thomas also cites 

 the case of the Winter jYelis pear, which 

 in this vicinity is unquestionably our 

 most valuable winter pear, and in 

 Westchester county it is said to be 

 hardly worth cultivating. Mr. Thomas 

 therefore suggests that it is worth 

 while to try and find out the influences 

 which produce these great differences. 

 The causes of failure of such valuable 

 fruits as the Winter Kelis pear and 

 Fameuse apple are worth looking into. 

 Intelligent cultivators, such as as- 

 semble at our meetings, should give the 

 results of their experience on these 

 points ; and if they are aware of any 

 peculiar methods of culture for certain 

 fruits they would do the public a great 

 service by making them known. I am 

 pleased to note that the valuable quali- 

 ties of the Fameuse are becoming appre- 

 ciated. When in New York a short 

 time ago, I noticed an abundance of 

 fruit upon the stands, and dealers now 

 advertise it as the delicious Snow- 

 Apple, 



The Jonathan is another white-fleshed 

 apple which is destined to rank high as 

 a table fruit. It ripens immediately 

 after the Fameuse, and is very desirable 

 to succeed it. 



Ladies' Sweet is one of those delicate- 

 fleshed apples which deserve the highest 

 esteem. Its flesh is white, tender, rich, 

 and being entirely free from acidity it 

 is easily digested, and as an article of 

 food for dyspeptics would be highly 

 prized if better known. 



The Mother is a choice winter apple 

 of fine quality, which deserves a higher 

 place than is usually awarded it. 



The Northern Spy has valuable quali- 

 fications as a dessert fruit, which do 

 not seem to be fully appreciated. Suc- 

 ceeding the Jonathan, it is in prime 

 condition for eating in mid-winter, and 

 in point of delicacy and delicious flavor 



is hardly equalled. Too much praise 

 cannot be bestowed upon this noble 

 fruit. I trust the time is not far dis- 

 tant when consumers will readily pay 

 three times the price for it that they do 

 for Baldwin and the like. 



Jeffnris, from Pennsylvania, is worthy 

 of attention. It is of medium size, skin 

 yellow, splashed with crimson ] flesh 

 white, tender, juicy and mild sub-acid. 

 It ripens in September, and is a variety 

 which will always rank high on account 

 of its admirable qualities. 



PEARS. 



It requires so much time to deter- 

 mine the value ot a new fruit, that 

 although several novelties have been on 

 trial for some time, it is not possible 

 yet to give much accurate information 

 concerning their importance for general 

 cultivation. In the localities where 

 they originated they may be very de- 

 sirable, but when tried elsewhere they 

 are often found to be of little value. 

 At the present time the most prominent 

 aspirants for public favor are floosie, 

 Frederick Clapp and Kieffer's Hybrid. 

 The two first are unquestionably of the 

 highest quality, and bid fair to prove 

 acquisitions. The last named has ac- 

 quired considerable popularity in New 

 Jersey as a market sort. We had fruit 

 of it from our own tree the past sum- 

 mer, and found it too poor to eat. Mr. 

 Thomas compared our specimens with 

 some from New Jersey, and found the 

 latter of good quality. The tree is re- 

 markably vigorous, and has handsome 

 glossy foliage, which readily distin- 

 guishes it from all other sorts. 



P. Barry, Fox's Seedling, is a re- 

 markable new variety, and particularly 

 valuable, as it extends the season of 

 fine pears into April. The flesh is very 

 juicy, buttery, fine grained, sprightly 

 and rich. It resembles Buene d'Anjou 

 in texture of flesh, and Winter Nelis in 

 color of skin and juiciness. Its keep- 



