136 FRUIT GARDEN. 



Collins, Striped Madeleine, 



Comte de Flanders, Theodore Van Mons, 



Doyenne Goubalt, Van Assene or Van Assche, 



Beurre St. Nicholas, Zephyrine Gregoire. 



It is worthy of notice that some of the very best pears 

 known in the United States have originated in the vicinity 

 of the city of Philadelphia ; as, for example, the far-re- 

 nowned Seckel, the Washington, the Ott, the Tyson, and 

 the Chancellor. 



Grafted on the quince, the pear tree does not generally 

 live long in the United States, especially where the soil is 

 dry, as the quince succeeds best in a moist loamy soil, and 

 pears grafted upon their stalks would doubtless also do far 

 better on such soils than when placed in sandy, gravelly, 

 or other dry situations. 



The Apple tree (Pyrus Malus) is, under the name of 

 the Crab, known as a native of Britain. Most of the cul- 

 tivated sorts, however, are of foreign origin, and it does 

 not seem probable that we possess at present any good 

 variety which is more than two hundred years old. The 

 finer high-flavored apples are prized for the dessert ; the 

 juicy and poignant sorts are in request for tarts and sauce ; 

 while those of a more austere nature are manufactured into 

 cider. 



Several kinds of stocks are used for apple trees. The 

 Dutch Paradise, propagated by layers, has long been used 

 as a stock for Dwarf apple trees, whether intended for the 

 wall or for standards. The Doucin of the French seems 

 closely allied to this, if not identical with it. The bur- 

 knot varieties increased by cuttings, or young codlin plants 

 procured from layers, furnish convenient stocks for trees 

 from which it is hoped to procure desirable seedlings. For 

 common purposes, the stocks raised from the pips of crabs 



