20 Fruits for Market Orchards in the West. 



good ought to succeed it ; but it is not aj^preciated in its plain dress. 

 It is too unassuming for this age of gilt and electro-plating. Bartlett 

 I supposed planted in excess here in the West, but the prices of the 

 present productive season seemed to show that I was mistaken. Belle 

 Lucrative, though the tree blights, and the fruit has not sufficient color, 

 is very good and very productive. Seckel, though like 



" Robert of Lincoln's Qiiaker wife, 

 Qiiiet and pretty, with plain brown wings," 



as befits a Philadelphia pear, is too w^ell established in popular favor 

 not to be a marketable sort, in spite of its small size and brown exte- 

 rior ; and the tree is one of the finest. Louise Bonne of Jersey is pro- 

 ductive, and the fruit handsome, and should be grown to some extent. 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme seems to me the only pear desirable as a dwarf. 

 It is productive, and, being big, suits the popular taste. Beurre 

 d'Anjou, so far as I have seen and heard from it, seems one of the 

 best in tree and fruit. Beurre Bosc, though not so generally tried, 

 finds a pretty general appreciation. Onondaga, though not so healthy 

 in tree as I desire, is productive and large. Howell has a fine tree and 

 beautiful fruit. Lawrence has an excellent tree, and the fruit, though 

 not large and showy enough, is very j^retty and excellent, and will 

 make its way. Glout Morceau is the best pear proven to be a fair 

 keeping pear in my observation, and I put it down, in spite of a great 

 propensity to blight. Easter Beurre, though not so well tested, has 

 ripened well in some cases. It blights a good deal, but its quality is 

 excellent, and we have a season long enough here to mature it prop- 

 erly, which I am informed is not the case so far south as New Haven, 

 Connecticut. 



Peaches. Of the varieties tried here I would recommend the 

 following : — 



ICO 1 1 ale's Early, 400 Stump- thc-World, 



400 Troth's Early, or Maine's Early, 400 Late Red Rareripe, 



400 Large Early York, 200 Smock, 



400 Oldmixon Free, 200 Heath Cling. 



