MARCH. 



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NEWEST VARIETIES, 



Agla6 Gregoire, 

 Barbe Nelis, - 

 Beurr6 Clairgeau, - 

 Docteur Nelis, • - 

 Gloire de Binche, - 

 Leopold I, - - 

 Morel, - - - 

 Prince Albert, 

 Rousselet de Janvier, 

 Therese Kumps, 



Large, 



Med. 



Large, 

 Med. large, 

 Med. large, 



Med. 



Med. 

 Med. large. 



Med. 



Med. 



March, April. 

 July, August. 

 Nov., Jan. 

 Nov., Dec. 

 Dec, Jan. 

 Dec, Jan. 

 February. 

 Feb., April. 

 Dec, Jan. 

 Oct., Nov. 



I have not included in the preceding lists old varieties already well 

 known ; I have also omitted many others, from not being quite sure of their 

 merits. The varieties mentioned as being not vigorous are, notwithstand- 

 ing, sufficiently hardy to produce fruit in our climate and standards. Al- 

 though some sorts worked on the pear stock will scarcely form a good 

 pyramid, yet when they are budded standard high they become very fruit- 

 ful. We may instance the Beurre Bennert, Bergamotte Dussart, Beurr6 

 Delfosse, Dumont Dumortier, Colmar Nelis, Fortunee de Reumes, Fon- 

 dante de Charneuse, Beurr^ Six, Poire de Tongres, and others of somewhat 

 weakly growth. 



In general, all the less vigorous sorts, when giown on a wall, produce 

 fruits of a larger size than when grown as standards. We have seen the 

 following succeed perfectly well upon a wall. The Chaumontel, Beurr6 

 d'Hardenpont, on an east or west aspect ; La Fortun6e on a southeast ; and 

 Josephene de Malines on southeast and southwest ; and the Virgouleuse, 

 which we consider the best of those we have received from France, on ac- 

 count of the delicacy and beauty of its fruit, when the tree is grown on its 

 own stock, and against a wall with a southeast, south, or southwest aspect. 



We invite amateurs desirous of ascertaining the vigor and hardiness of 

 the new varieties of pear trees to visit our collection of fruit trees, in the 



