Remarks on some Varieties of the Pear. 119 



ciety, or fruit produced in our own grounds, or sent to us by- 

 kind friends during the past season. 



Again, we wish it to be fully understood that no estimate 

 can be made of the true character of any fruit, more particu- 

 larly of the pear, unless the specimens are fair, well grown, of 

 full size and quite ripe : or, in other words, in the highest 

 state of perfection the variety will attain to under the most 

 skilful management and favorable season. Some varieties, 

 under the care of a lover of fruits, well cultivated in a conge- 

 nial soil, may be compared to " refined gold," while the same 

 variety in unskilful hands, the trees neglected, in grass land, 

 or in wet and impoverished soil, may prove as " dross." I 

 would further, and in conclusion on this part of my subject, 

 remark, that first-rate specimens, of the best flavor, cannot be 

 expected to be obtained from trees that are overloaded with 

 fruit. An overcrop is not only injurious to the fruit, but also 

 to the growth and future well-being of the tree. Nature 

 makes great efforts to accomplish her purposes ; but if all her 

 energy and resources are called upon to mature fruit, the trees 

 cannot increase in size, and nature thus taxed becomes ex- 

 hausted — tires — faints and dies under the load. 



With the foregoing remarks, which we thought might not 

 be altogether unacceptable to your readers, we proceed to give 

 a list of such new varieties of pears as have, in our opinion, 

 been found worthy to be classed among those deserving of ex- 

 tensive cultivation. 



Yan Mons Leon Le Clerc. — One of the best pears we ever 

 ate, and the best pear we tasted the past season. 



Eye WOOD. — With this variety, after a trial of three years 

 we were agreeably disappointed. The first year we marked 

 it second-rate. The past season, it proved to be very ten- 

 der, very melting and juicy, subacid, too much so for persons 

 who like sweet pears, but to the lovers of the Brown 

 Beurre, and Beurre d' Aremberg, this variety will be highly 

 prized. 



Fondante d'Automne. — This pear, when well grown and 

 fully ripe, has no superior, and very few equals. 



Hannas and Wilbur. — (The latter native). These varie- 

 ties may be classed among the best of the season ; they were 

 both ripe on the 20th of September. 



