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Heves, by his father. The fruit resembles in form the yellow 

 gage, though considerably smaller than that variety, as well as 

 larger than the green gage: the color deep purple, with a faint 

 suture on one side of the fruit. It is a sweet, juicy, and high 

 flavored plum, and ripening as it does, about the first of October, 

 is a most invaluable variety. Mr. Dubois has a large orchard of 

 the trees, and sends annually a crop of these plums, worth three 

 or four hundred dollars, to the markets in New York. We have 

 forwarded some of the trees to Mr. JNIanning, and other gentle- 

 men in the vicinity of Boston, and think it will succeed well in 

 Massachusetts. 



The Dutchess d^Angoulerae, heurre Diel, beurre Spence, and 

 Easter heurre pears, are beginning to bear w^ell in the valley of 

 the Hudson, and w'e have much pleasure in saying that they fully 

 realize our expectations respecting these highly praised fruits. 

 We particularize these varieties, because we believe them to be 

 the finest late pears in cultivation, and are much gratified to find 

 that, in the soil and climate of the Middle States, so different 

 from that of Europe, and without walls, these pears sustain fully 

 the high reputation given them by pomologists abroad. 



Bishop^s straxcherry. — This is the finest of all strawberries, in 

 our estimation. It is a great bearer, which the famous Keen's 

 seedling, Wilmot's, &c. are not, and of delicious flavor, not 

 tasteless and hollow at the core, like the iNIethven, while the size 

 is fully equal to that of any of those varieties. The color of the 

 fruit is a deep glossy crimson, and they are borne in rich clusters, 

 presenting a beautiful appearance. It increases rapidly by run- 

 ners, and appears to us better suited to our climate than any of 

 the large strawberries hitherto imported from abroad. 



The Cretan red raspberry. — This is another fine variety of the 

 smaller table fruits, little known, and for which we bespeak a 

 more general cultivation. The fruit is large and fine, rather 

 more tart than the Antwerp, and the plant continues in bearing a 

 long time, which renders it doubly valuable for family use. 



Bergen's yellow peach. — A new and most excellent Ameri- 

 can freestone. Size large, color deep yellow, with red cheek, 

 full of juice, and of a rich and most delicious flavor and perfume. 

 It has borne here for the second time only, and the fruit equals, 

 if not surpasses, any other variety in beauty and excellence. 



Large haw or thorn apple. — Mr. Longworth, of Cincinnati, 

 one of the most distinguished horticulturists of the West, writes 

 us, in a recent communication, that he discovered, in the interior 

 of Ohio, twenty-five years ago, a variety of haw, with fruit the 

 size of a crab-apple, having a delicious flavor. He has lately 

 rediscovered it, and has kindly promised to forward us some 

 grafts. Should it prove as fine as he anticipates, it will be quite 

 an addition to our fruits, as it is, probably, very beautiful in ap- 



