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and bending ; it produces well, and the fruit ripens 

 gradually from December to February. The French 

 nurserymen still continue the cultivation of this pear 

 under the name of the Beurre d'Aremberg. 



[There are a number of new varieties of Pears, of recent 

 introduction, and of desirable kinds, which we have not as yet 

 fruited ; among them are the following : 



Belmont November. 



Beurre Crapaud .... December. 



Columbian Virgalieu . . . December. 



Hacon's Incomparable . . November and December. 



Beurre Bronze Winter. 



Van Mons Leon Le Clerc . Winter. 



This last is said by Thompson, of the London Horticultural 

 Society, to be " the best pear in the world, combining the 

 properties of large size, handsome appearance, and rich 

 flavor." 



Lawrence . (Native Fruit) December to February. 



Mac Laughlin " " 



Muscadine . . vu> iv September. 



Ambrosia September and October. 



Althorp Crassane (Knight) November and December. 

 Comte de Lamy (Lon. Hor. Soc.) September and October. 



Passans du Portugal . . . August.] 



THE PEACH. 



The peach is generally supposed to have origi- 

 nated in Persia and China; some, however, have 

 considered it really indigenous to America. Henni- 

 pen, who has given us the first description of the re- 



