of Jos, Moorman, Esq., London. 17 



is given of the order in which specimens of these were re- 

 ceived by the London HorticuUiiral Society to whom they 

 were sent. But though we beHeve the method is consid- 

 ered a secret by Mr. Curtis, we see nothing in the preserva- 

 tion of his fruits which induces us to believe there is any 

 great "mystery" about it, or that he has been able to ac- 

 complish more than Mr. Moorman. Indeed there can be 

 no mystery, the whole result being obtained in no other 

 way than by a low and even temperature free from varia- 

 bleness of moisture. Charcoal, plaster of Paris, saw-dust, 

 sand, (fee, may be used to keep the fruit from contact 

 with the air; but it is doubtful whether any advantages 

 are obtained from them, when the temperature is right. 

 In ordinary cases, where there is no proper place to store 

 fruit away from changes of temperature, such substances. 

 may be used with beneficial effect. We have ourselves tried 

 some experiments in this way, and find that with a proper 

 constructed fruit room, most of the fall pears can be kept from- 

 one to two months beyond their ordinary season. 



The subject, as we said in the commencement, is one of 

 great interest and importance. The fall supplies us with an 

 abundance of the choicest pears ; and it is only after the be- 

 ginning of December that the supply begins to decline. With 

 our present stock of fine winter pears, there is little need of 

 keeping Napoleons and Beurre Diels over till January. These 

 can be dispensed with. The question is, how to keep the 

 fine winter sorts, such as Glout Morceau, Beurre d'Aremberg, 

 Winter Nelis, Monarch, Lawrence, Beurre Langelier, &c., in 

 fine order even up to January, for we find that but few of 

 our cultivators do keep them beyond the middle of Decem- 

 ber ? It can be done only on Mr. Moorman's plan, and our 

 advice to cultivators is to eschew all " secret " and " mysti- 

 fied" means of preserving fruit, and go to work in the legiti- 

 mate way, as laid down in the plans and the advice which, 

 follow : — 



" The supply of fruit in autumn is almost superabundant 

 in favorable seasons, and in varieties there is then an ample 



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