44 Pomological Js^otices. 



*' Birds innumerable" make their nests in its tangled recesses, 

 filling the air with a thousand notes; and, under its shelter, the 

 first buds of spring open to the soft and genial air, and enliven 

 the green turf with their beauty. 



A. J. D. 



Art. it. Pomological J^Totices; or J\''otices respecting new and 

 superior varieties of Fruits,, worthy of general cultivation. 

 JVotices of some new Plums,) Pears,, Strawberries,, and other 

 Fruits. By Messrs. C. & A. J. Downing. JVotices of several 

 new varieties of Jlpplcs. By the Editor. 



We hav^e not quite as much to communicate, under this head, 

 at the present time, as we had last season, respecting new fruits. 

 Mr. Manning's paper, in our last volume, describing all, or near- 

 ly so, of the different varieties of pears which he had proved 

 with any certainty, leaves us little to say about them. There re- 

 mained, however, twenty kinds or more, which he did not deem 

 proper, from the information he then possessed, to mention. 

 Another season of bearing, it was thought, might be the means of 

 proceeding with their descriptions with more accuracy, and de- 

 tecting whether they were mere synonymes or distinct varieties. 

 Mr. Manning kindly offered to communicate to us his remarks at 

 the conclusion of the season, and our readers may anticipate the 

 pleasure of such information. From various engagements, how- 

 ever, he has, as yet, been prevented from sending us any thing 

 in relation to new fruits of any kind. 



In the absence of Mr. Manning's remarks, we now offer our 

 readers some few pomological notices from our correspondents, 

 Messrs. C. & A. J. Downing, of Newburgh, N. Y. We have 

 no doubt but that they will be read with great pleasure and inter- 

 est. The fruits they mention, with the exception of the pears, 

 are quite new in the vicinity of Boston, and, we imagine, are but 

 little known in the country out of the vicinity of Newburgh. In 

 addition to these, we have supplied some notices of a few varie- 

 ties of apples which have been exhibited before the INIassachu- 

 setls Horticultural Society the past year, and noticed in our re- 

 ports, and which have been pronounced by the fruit committee 

 to be excellent kinds, and worthy of very general and extensive 

 cultivation. They were mostly received from the Rev. H. 



